I was up in Totowa, NJ 2 days ago at Simorama Sound was told of a grat deal Denon is doing with the DN MC 6000. They are selling it for $599.00. I paid $600.00 even for mine. Now Denon is offering a $100.00 rebate on this controller which is a steal of a deal for this great controller. So that will bring the price down to $499.00. All I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!