I am the proud owner of the 1050,to all the people out there that do not think this reciever has plenty of power, well let me just mention these things; my room dimensions are as follows: 10ft wide by 24ft long with 10ft ceilings, at Dolby Reference Levels seatting at 11ft from my main speakers with out the subwoofer I am hitting the 105db's at peak levels with out any sign of distortion. Now I add the sub with 600 watts of raw continious power and I hit 115db's plus on peaks.My mains sensitivity is 93db,center 95db,and surrounds 91db,crossover set at 80htz all speakers set small.WOW! is this what real 65watts sound like???? So is this reciever the best BANG for the Buck? you bet it is!! Outdated? Not yet!