my second review:
i was so angry several weeks ago because my rotel amp did not seem to work properly. it shut down by itself every half hour or so. it turned out to be the darn electricity in my dorm (anyone with a possible explanation?). i brought it home and it's worked flawlessly. anyway, i had a chance to test stereo music on the 950+1095 combo with my 4 year old JBL's G500s. i have to say that i never believed it when people said that their new (most of the time more expensive than their current one) piece of equipment blew them away or they could hear things that they had not been able to before. well i've changed. if you read my previous review, you might remember that i HAD to use my old sony receiver with an eq. otherwise, it was not listenable. to make it short, the 950&1095 combo has changed the way i feel about music/hometheater.
another test that i did several days ago was when i visited my sister and brother-in-law. i used their 5.1 speaker set (puny "pathetic" cubes) with the 950 and the rotel 1095. i used the jurasic park disc (with dts track) to test. the first difference i realized was the subwoofer. i sat about 7/8 feet away from the subwoofer and i could feel the wind in my face every time the t-rex took a step. yes it was that powerful. it wasn't the rotel amp that woke up the subwoofer for the first time because the subwoofer was directly connected to the 950. i listened to their system again today (funny receiver with the 5.1 speaker system) and could not feel anything out of the subwoofer! it is the same .1 channel but being handled differently on different pieces of electronic equipment.
over all, i'm glad that i had waited (over 6 months!) for the 950. now i don't know which piece is my favorite.. 950 or 1095