You should be able to find Ref 30's for closer to $1700. In fact, there is a guy on Audiogon advertising the (presumably) soon-to-be-released Ref 50 for only $2300.

As far as I know, the Ref 30 does not have DD EX, DTS-ES, DPL II, etc.
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