Thanks for the advice Charlie, I will definitely check things out. As a matter of fact the reason I came back in here was to put up another post asking what kind of problems are most common with the 1050. The reason why I wanted to know is because at this very minute my reciever is sitting in a UPS warehouse only a few miles from me and was out on the road with a driver all day. This is due in part to Outlaw messing up my shipping address. So who knows how this UPS driver drives ya know. I know that if anything is wrong with it Outlaw will ship another one, but I hope nothings wrong cause I waited long enough. So you can bet I will be running that 1050 thru it's paces. As for the AR HC6's, I've got them hooked up to my old Phllips digital reciever. I really love them, they sound great. I almost bought the Energy Takes (I was able to audition them at a local dealer), but as for some of us money is a bit of a concern. So I decided to shop around a little. I did the usual and read reviews, checked prices and decided that for the money the AR's are my best choice (although there is'nt a dealer anywhere close to me that stocks them so I could'nt test them, and return them if I did'nt like them). I was suprised when I got'em, they are beautiful, much better quality then any speaker in thier prce range and add another $600 to that. The sound was just as nice and sweet as the apperance, damn glad I got'em. And heres the BUT again, sub has an auto shut off and during passages when there isn't need for low end, it shuts off and makes a audible thump noise. Now I'm not the pickiest person, and might be able to live with this, but only if I can not find a cure first. Later on down the road I might just replace it with a Velodyne. Thanks again for all the posts.