I have been I B&K owner since 1987 and I was always waiting to be able to save the money for a B&K reciever. When I happened across the outlaws sight and starteed reading the reviews I was intrigued. I bought the 1050, plugged my B&K ST202+ into and fell in love. Granted my B&K pre-amp was older but replacing it with the 1050 as a pre on my mains reawakened the sound from my system. I'd buy the 1050, give it a listen, and save a ton of dough to be spent else where on my system.