I have experienced the same digital audio drop out as many who have posted here but I trust that the outlaws will get us a firmware upgrade and be able to fix this problem for us. Other than the before mentioned problem I have been loving my 970/7125 combo which has been a huge upgrade from any of the receivers that I had used previously. My only other concern has been rather or not I should sell the 7125 and give the 7500 a try but I will wait till some more people who have traded thier 7125 for 7500 have posted thier impressions to see if it will be worth the couple hundred I'll lose if I sell the 7125.