Well Bob, I have had my 950 for a whopping 2 days now. I replaced my great 15 yr old NAD receiver. As I posted in my review, I am only running stereo until I can run some speaker cable in-wall this weekend. I have listened to my 950 and a Parasound amp for about 20 hours now. The tuner is not as sensitive as the NAD, but seperation is excellent, with overall FM sound being slightly better than my NAD. My unit is flawlessly quiet. I have no hum or hiss from either speaker at any volume setting from any source other than a faint hiss at ear to speaker and +10 volume. The sound from 2 channel sources is incredible. Music sings from this tandem. My wife notices a difference. I notice a difference, even though I really didn't expect to. I bought the unit for its bass management and surround formats. I am being impressed beyond imagination at its sound. Bass is much more solid and defined. Mids are silky smooth, and highs are crisp. In my other post I wrote that I never really thought I would hear a difference in soundstage, clarity or depth. I was very wrong. I have heard higher priced systems by Rotel, Marantz, and Denon but none sounded as good in their mid-fi store audition rooms as my combo does in my home.

Speakers, the room, and speaker placement have more to do with great sound than the electronics do, but in this 2 channel system, the only thing I changed was my NAD for the seperates. The difference is clearly audible, and I would bet that I could always tell the difference in a double blind test. I don't have a golden ear, but the differences were huge. Perhaps there was a problem with the NAD, but I doubt it. This thing just sounds fantastic!