That's always the case with agents in SA never have stock on hand.Mine was the v1 but never bothered to upgrade it to v3. Thanks for the info on Volco.
Has Nad pulled out of the country, I know Homation are the agents but looks like they more into rotel. I had the T777 and that receiver had real power.
Fully agree around importing second hand goods, just on ebay alone you might get the item cheaper.The cost comes in triple the amount with customs and no guarentee of a refund should anything go wrong with delivery.
You can always experiment with seperates by mixing pre amp processor and power amp eventhough its better to keep the same brand. Avr with preouts you can always add a power amp all depends on what you want to achieve. Definitely either way your sound will be better.