I'm not surprised that the receivers you have listened to don't sound as good as the Carver / Phase Linear combo. Most home theater receivers are not intended to handle two-channel music reproduction as well as they do movie surround sound. The 1050 typically gets good marks for music compared to the competition -- and mine never sounded "faint," unlike some of the underwhelming "100Wx5" receivers that I've heard. Several people here in the saloon have also had good results with some of the Marantz receivers.



-- I think that might be a slight exaggeration. Of course, it also begs the question "what can you carry under your arm" -- the 1050 weighs in at around 35 pounds, and whenever I moved mine I used both arms.

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