I like my 885 quite a bit for 2 channel for digital. I am not as impressed with the 885's analog performance. Not sure if they improved that on the 886 though. I'm running it into 1.6QRs, that are actively crossed to some dipole woofers, and run 2 channel in direct mode (woofers are flat to at least 25Hz, so I don't use the subs for 2ch).

So consider that a thumbs up.