I have Amarra Symphony Plus (I think that is what they call it now) that I purchased at RMAF for about $150. I would love to try the IRC option, but to upgrade is almost $400. A little to rich for my blood. In today's software market, I would expect a very sophisticated piece of software for that price and not just what is basically some added functionality to what is already an expensive piece of software. From what I have seen on the Web, there are many tools out there that will perform basically the same function as the AS-IRC for a fraction of the price. Granted, such tools will not interface with AS-IRC but the result is much the same.