Pros: this is a very clean and powerful reciever. the price was great and i recieved it very quickly. i have owned sonys in the past. this reciever sounds better, and is simpler to operate. i'm running 5 jbl speakers with a active 15" subwoofer. they have never sounded so good!

Cons: the soundfields are pretty much worthless. unless you like echo chambers. i had problems figureing out the manual untill i started reading the fine print footnotes. hooking up the on screen programing should be simpler to understand

Overall Review: like all manuals, if your not tec savvy you'll be spending a lot of time on the phone with customer service.