I have two of these units, cant find the specs either, nice little unit , compact, I expect its in the 80watt per channel neighborhood. Im setting one up in my motorhome, plenty of power for that! with a pair of Klipsch WB-14's and a pioneer 8 inch powered sub! with another set of RCA jacks outside for the "B" channel speakers. Pioneer made some great stuff in that period, Ive got a couple of VSX-99's and a couple of the VSX-79's . I know all about those two but haven't been able to find anything on the VSX-59, as you said too much confusion with the newer VSX-59txi. Still a nice little receiver!