Very sad news. As I posted about one month ago, I had serious doubts as to whether the 978 would be brought to market because of the competing new Marantz processors that are under way. But I was not expecting the 978 to be cancelled under such a conspiratorial real life scenario. From my perspective, I'll now be patiently waiting a few more months for the new Marantz offerings (AV7007 and hopefully AV8007).