I got a refurb from Pioneer off eBay. It ended up costing me $100... a bit more than I wanted, but at least I've got a warantee that I can use to update the firmware if not already done at a Pioneer service center.

I need to know if the Pioneer 54tx will do bass management on the analog multichannel inputs. I hope so, but I'm not holding my breath. The manual is pretty vague about bass management, but it does say the following:

"You can’t use any signal processing features (for example, the MOVIE or MUSIC modes or the tone controls) with the multichannel analog inputs."

That doesn't sound promising, but they may not include the bass management crossover in their definition of "signal processing features."