I had been tossing around several different a/v receivers such as the Onkyo tx-nr717 and nr-818 as their "specs" are similar to the 975/7125 combo I'll be getting soon. They too have tons of wiz-bang features that grabbed my attention, with TONS of HDMI options, yet even though I would be saving money with these vs. The Outlaw setup it was my wife that still brought me back to the Outlaw system. She said where was I going to get the same level of customer support and quality for my money, and that I had always bugged her about getting separates and this was my best chance for some time to come.