Bossobass - Thanks for the too kind words. Now that I've found a new obsession (my coming soon Sony HS10 projector) I've been racking up the posts in video forums. But like yourself I appreciate the value I've received from the 950.

But my needs are pretty simple - I'm just looking for quality sound and a quality image. And hopefully with the 950 and the HS10 I'll be done with both (for awhile). With Outlaw (and Sony) its nice to have the option to get both overachieving sound and image quality without paying the big bucks for neato "features".

Steves - ugh, I really did say "emotional peace" didn't I (sigh). Actually I've had good speakers and other equipment before the 950. But its good to know that as you scale your equipment, the 950 will help bring out the best in it.

I sound like a walking advertisement, but actually I was outspokenly critical of the 950 introduction and was even booted from a prominent HT board because of comments to that effect.

I just wanted to report that after all the turbulence of that experience - that at the end of the day, it really has been a great value for me. And allowed me to turn my attention away from the wallet sucking audio upgrade treadmill and onto other wallet sucking pursuits.