Hi bruning1,
I always had a soft spot for NAD amps...
but their receivers left me cold...looked and behaved like everyone else...
I've been the proud owner of a 1070 since june this year...and wow! I fell in love...
I buy cd's weekly even some vinyl since the 1070 came in to my life.

the minor issues I had with it were mostly user induced...since I did the latest firmware...the ''no-audio'' issue has been less and less present...
I'm starting to suspect some kind of digital audio handshake between the 1070 and my HDTV tuner being the culprit...
something similar to hdmi+hdcp between components...
it's so minor I can live with it...and following a protocol to turn the gear on seems to have eliminated the problem...
as far as power and ooomph...
my inefficient Mirage 290s(86 db) + powered sub
played loud enough...
that neighbours knew I had changed my sound system