this be truly a excellent buy . the receiver\/dvd player be not very stylish , but the speaker produce clear and rich sound , and only distort when it be turn all the way up . there be no need to run it all the way up though because the system be suprisingly powerful . the menu have a nice individual speaker setup list , so you can optimize each speaker . one word of caution though : DO NOT buy this if you intend to play just dvds\/cds on it ! the player read disk with great difficulty and only work 7 out of 10 time . I recommend you hook up a better dvd player to the system as a receiver , and use it just for the speaker .