I'm new to posting but I thought I had some Info that might help. I have the following receivers,outlaw 1050,NAD 752,h/k525,Sony 2000es and the Pioneer 1014.The best of the bunch is the pioneer. while i love my outlaw it is dated in the areas of connetions and surround modes.The nad is great with music and good with movies it s only has to have outboard amps to be 7.1.The H/k is a great receiver is very good all around but lacks the pioneer and outlaws dynamics. The sony is the only one that i can not recommend as it is only ok for movies and poor with music. The pioneer 1014 is the elite 52tx without the rs232 and the multiroom output.it sounds great with music and movies and has most hookups any needs now.I am not what you would call a die hard pioneer fan but this receiver aginst these other solid receivers in my opionion comes out on top