Yeah, I sold two of the same for the same reason! But it was also because I realized what a noob I was "biamping" my mains with those two amps.....
I did like the simple approach to home theatre. It seems to have disappeared from the industry. "Feature rich" seems to rule the day.
I recall reading some lab measurements from 3rd party on the Acurus 200X3 and R10 preamp.
The 200X3 had phenominal measurements. The theme I kept on seeing was "12 times better". What's that one word that means this?
Anyway, I read the review on the R10 in The Audio Critic, and they mentioned this same theme - "12 times better", "military-grade quality", "will last 20 years", "better measurements than Krell", etc.
You gotta love a preamp that cost $700 (R10) and measured better than a $4K Krell preamp!
Same thing with the 200X3, which cost around $1K, but measured "12 times better" than many $3K amps.