I have had the system sitting in there boxes in my basement for a couple weeks and now I finally re wired my room and hooked this bad boy up. I was really anxious to see what the sound would be like with the outlaw combo. I am upgrading from a THX select certified reciever that was only 85 watts a channel into 8 ohms. I didn't know if the difference would be overwhelming because I haven't upgraded my speaker system yet. I am going with the M&K 150 THX system in the future. Anyway, I was very suprised and excited that the difference was not just noticable. It Blew me away!!! The sound had so much more punch and definition compared to the inferior reciever that I was using. I threw in a few DTS ES DVDs and I really thought the true 7.1 experience was something else. After watching a few movies with my new system, I am very happy that I decided to go with the Outlaw and didn't waste time and money saving for a THX system that probably would have sounded about the same as what I have now.