Thanks everyone. That answers my question exactly. I think I'll be ordering a 1050 very soon. I've heard so much about the sound quality of the 1050 it seems like the best buy out there. I've listened to a bunch of AV receivers over the last couple of months and have been less than impressed with the sound of most. The Marantz 7200 was the best but it seems to have a lot of quality issues. Sound when playing music is most important to me everyone seems to think this is where this receiver excels. I think it will do me well until I can afford the seperates route.