They are probably right for most people, but my case is probably different that most. I have in essence a subwoofer dedicated to each channel plus three on LFE, so *I* will have 2 subwoofer systems outputting the same bass, one on the dedicated directional channel and the LFE subs. So while the vast majority of systems will have something like 1.2 or 1.5 times bass I will be hearing true double bass. A bit of extra bass isn't the worst thing to happen, and it may not be annoying. For the difference in $$$ I _may_ decide the 950 is still worthwhile, but maybe not.

The double bass, the lack of relabelable inputs, the reports of poor s-video switching, etc. are beginnning to make me think I would just be a lot better off with a different unit. I'm still pondering it.

Just my $0.02