I live in Austin & have the 950/755. I'd be happy to let you have a listen. I'm using it with a mixture of speakers from EFE, B&W, polk & velodyne. I don;t use the 950 for video switching, but it does decode the HD audio signal & of course DVD stuff. Send me an email at stabie@jump.net to setup a time. I think you'll probably find somebody in SoCal too. I think speakers make alot more difference the the processor/amps though.