for those of us who have auditioned receivers-as-pre/pros in the $800-1500 price range before owning a 950, this thread...well, to me, anyway...is a chuckle.

buy a 1050 and an icbm.

how "loud it goes", adcom for amplification (sorry adcom owners), polk speakers (sorry polk owners), no mention of a subwoofer system or source hardware (though none is probably necessary), no tweaks, no other comparisons, etc... great audition.

i frequent this forum for information and news that relates to all ht and hi-res surround format hardware and software and tweaks and the connection schemes thereof. the h/k 320 as an alternative (spell-check?) to the 950 is neither.

sorry to be brutally frank, but this is probably how i would react if i were in the smoke shop buying marlboro reds and some cat tried to hand me a bull durham.