you dont want a pioneer, maybe a pioneer elite. with the stress on maybe.

the 1050 is old, so its a good thing he doesnt want a used receiver.

it sounds like to me that he is asking the wrong person to help him put this system together if you dont know what is what... (sorry to throw that in, but it was something funny that I observed...)
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