Judging by the manual for the Boston Acoustics receiver, it looks to be very nearly a straight re-badging of the R-965. Aside from the model name and the zone 2 remote (which is sporting a Boston logo), the manual looks just the same - indicating that the software is largely or completely unchanged. Sort of like the Atlantic Tech and Sherbourn processors that were so similar to the 950 (and even the Fosgate Audionics FAP-T1, which had a taller cabinet to support the front panel LCD monitor and the extra component input, but still used the 950 manual with very few changes). Yeah, there's a lot of interesting product development stories floating around in the background, many of which most of us never hear about.