I be lucky enough to grab one of these ysp-1100 unit while Amazon have they for $ 432 and be so glad I do ! my Marantz receiver be start to give I trouble and I be dissatisfy with the sound of my Boston acoustic surround speaker . I take a chance on what seem impossible -- a surround system without all the wire and point sound source . after live with this system for about two week , try it with dv 's , hdtv , CD 's and internet music service -lrb- Pandora and Slacker through a squeezebox -rrb- , I be definitely impressed . the automatic setup be pretty amazing and fairly easy to tweak use the manual setup menu . connect all the input and output be a bit frustrating , but once I figure it out only take a few hour . the remote code work for my Sony dvd player and 10-year-old Mitsubishi tv , but I can not get the Motorola cable box code work , so I have to use the cable remote for some thing and the Yamaha remote for most control . the sound be glorious , and frankly I can not figure out how this technology work so well ! my room be not ideal , with a eight-foot wide opening at the back of the room . in spite of this , on many sound source I definitely hear sound come from the side and back of the room . the soundstage for regular stereo CD 's and most tv broadcast span the entire 14 foot wall behind the tv . concert dvd 's and football game envelope the room in crowd noise , while concentrate the music\/commentary in the center front where they belong . I frequently hear sound that appear to come from all over my house . even my dog wake up bark many time look for the sound ! beyond the surround effect , which be miraculous , the sound be crisp and life-like . some other reviewer have comment that the sound be a bit bright and I adjust the treble gain down a bit which work for I . acoustic music sound like it be right in the room and all music do not have the artificial separation that stereo speaker create -- most music naturally be in the middle of the soundstage and this unit reproduce music much more naturally than separated stereo speaker in my opinion . overall this be a terrific system and I think it be well worth the current price of $ 700-800 , particularly consider you would have to spend at least $ 400 for a decent receiver and more for decent speaker . I should add that I be use my old Boston Acoustic 100W subwoofer and it sound better than it ever do before . I think the crossover adjustment be calibrate better and there be no discernable `` gap '' in frequency response . a sub be definitely require . could someone build a system this good with a good amplifier , wireless rear speaker , etc ? absolutely ... for about $ 2,000 . be a few bell and whistle miss from this to make it perfect for purist ? yes . but the benefit be overwhelming and I would not trade this system in for anything right now .