My 950 arrived early by 3 days so of course I could not wait and set it up today..just in time for the Superbowl. My initial impression after setup for movies was WOW! I definitely noticed much more detail than I did with the Onkyo 701 and the soundstage seems to be more fluid. I tended to notice that with the Onkyo I was always aware of the location of each effect and the sound tended to be segmented and choppy. Now keep in mind, my acoustics are not the best, but I did not move my speaker placement at all. Everything stayed the same.
As far as music I also noticed an improvement in
the crispness and clarity . The Outlaw is definitely brighter than the Onkyo but not too bright. A simple bump in the treble downwards and it was heaven. I still am playing with the bass management-that may take a bit of experimentation. I am also getting an LFM-1 to round everything out.So far so good