As Gonk has suggested, yes I did buy the Epic Home 80 system and I have been satisfied with it. The 1050 drives them to "plenty loud." I do think that they could probably be driven farther, and I'll certainly find out when I get my 950/755 (soon now, I hope!) but I don't think you'll be dissatisfied driving them with the 1050. The fronts are rated at 500 (or 400, depending on which version of the manual you read) watts, which is an AWFUL LOT of power. I've never had any distortion from the 1050, despite turning it up to the 70's once or twice (I live in an apartment so I can't do that all too often).
One thing I've noticed is that I really have to turn up the gain pretty high on my subwoofer to get a decent amount of bass, but that could be my room. Or my preference for bass. But the thing just doesn't seem to be all that loud. When I buy rears, to go to a 7.1 system (in a year or two, I figure) I'll probably buy a second sub.
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Matthew J. Hill
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