this be a excellent deal . do it sound as good as $ 1,000 system ? it be close ! I do not think you can get near this level of performance for anywhere near this price . AV Express provide outstanding customer support -lrb- first receiver ship be defective , but AV Express quickly arrange for I to obtain a replacement without any cost to I -rrb- . receiver be a bit dated -lrb- no hdmus -rrb- and control be far from intuitive , but it appear to be a decent receiver . the automatic setup with the include microphone do not yield the best setting for my large living room . I have to manually increase the `` channel selector '' control to raise the level on the satellite speaker -lrb- front , center , and rear surround to +10 and the subwoofer to +6 -rrb- . without these adjustment the sound be just too low , and the receiver seem weak . the 5 speaker be really outstanding , though , and the subwoofer get the job do .