Last I heard, yes, Rotel will do the mod for free, minus shipping to them. (Unless you can get a local dealer to do it.)

But once you open it up, whether you do it right or not, no more warranty.

And just to be fair, there was always a few things about the 1066 that I personally liked: the appearance, no tuner, the xS modes that Rotel uses to expand 5.1 sources to a 7.1 speaker setup does give non-mono rears. The 950's are mono.

If I am remembering correctly (I looked at the Integara myself for a little while), one reason it might sound so good is that it uses Wolfson DACs. Pretty high end stuff for a pre/pro at this price point. Me, myself, and I: I am not a fan in general of Cirrus DACs (what the 950 uses).