Will and I are in violent agreement.
My post in re the Yamaha was in regards to its utility vis a vis the big iron from Pioneer and Onkyo, Denon, etc. In many cases you are buying features and brand name as much as incremental sound quality.
Unless you're running huge, inefficient speakers, the 1050 will compare favorably with them in the sound department.
eddyboy
[This message has been edited by eddyboy (edited July 15, 2002).]