As the 1050 stands now it is a good receiver and I enjoy mine very much. The only things that need to be updated IMO would be to add dts-es and DPL-II and then scrap the awful volume knob. Other than that the unit itself is solid, there has been very few failures that I have heard about and it has plenty of power. So all and all it is a fine receiver it is just a smidge out of date with regard to DSPs'.
It seems to hold its own with the other receivers in its class, although now there are quite a few out there at the 500 mark that offer 6.1 and DPL2 but they seem to sacrifice somewhere the new Onkyo has no preouts, the new Sony doesn't seem as powerful as the Outlaw and etc...as far as a list I will bang one up later although my first hand experiance is limited to 2 or 3 units but I'm sure there will be plenty of opinions for ya.



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m-mmeyer