I, too, have had trouble with HK. I (luckily as it turned out) returned a faulty, out-of-the-box, HK receiver after which I discovered Outlaw. I have been happy with my 1050 ever since.

Also my HK DVD50 went south just after its warranty expired. Thats it for me... no more HK.

As to component switching, comments elsewhere in the saloon here indicate it will be crap on anything but the highest end equipment. I'm not even sure people are happy with the 950's switching. Maybe you should reconsider this requirement.