Great sound produced by this receiver, but.... not easy to setup!

I have had this component for three days now. Here are the pros and cons:
PROS:
- GREAT sound produced, in either 2ch stereo, or 5.1/6.1/7.1 surround sound (for both music and movies).
- LOTS of availables DSPs and equalizations, to please most people.
- Speakers AUTO SETUP. Configures ALL speakers very briefly, and with good results for sound perception.
- Multizone: you can use the receiver as a 6.1/7.1 setup, or a 5.1 AND another room with 2 ch stereo.

CONS:
- NOT EASY to setup. Understandable, after all the features this receiver has, but still it is time consuming to hook up everything, and hard to understand what all these features do.
- Control remote is NOT intuitive.
- Control remote learned to control my other components but only on their basic functions, not the advanced ones.

Price I paid (with tax) was $400, in Circuit City. Seems like a fair price. Not a bargain, neither a rip off. Still, for people accustomed to high-end systmes (their prices AND their sound quality) I can not assess correctly this, as I have never owned anything like that.

Enjoy