At first, I was very disappointed by the sound (not feature set) of the 1050 receiver/processor. However, you must understand that I am accustomed to listening to 200Watt monoblock Wolcott Audio tube amps (EL34), Audio Research SP9 Pre-amp, driving big Snell speakers.
So I decided to use the pre-amp out of the Outlaw 1050 to drive the the Wolcott amps. WOW! What a difference some power makes.
That's when I decided that with the 30-day money back guarantee, I would try out Outlaw's 750 5-channel amp.
I did, and even with the large Snells, the combo can't be beat for the price. Moroever, it can drive the big NHT center & surround speakers, as well being fairly musical for my DVD-Audio discs (Technics DVD-A10).
I've tried NAD, Parasound, and B&K. For the price, nothing beats the Outlaw combo.
Good luck,
:-) neil