Value for money

Crunch time, the 30 yr old receiver's tuner had been giving us problems, it also had no remote. Two trips to get it repaired over the last 10 years meant good money thrown after a bad receiver.

The Nov.2001 issue of Consumer reports rated receivers and the Technics SA-DX1050 and SA-DX950 rated a "best buy"

A little comparison shopping lowered the advertised price by 20%. to approx. US $250.00

It hooked up fairly easily, connected to a digital TV box, TV, VCR, and CD player. The CD player could be replaced by a DVD player one day. I have cable connected to the antena so I can receive the cable stations as well.

The remote is small and with small buttons, I find it hard to read but have memorised the buttons needed in a week.

The sound via my old speakers is very good for my 20' x 15'
living dining area with vaulted ceiling. A surround sound capability will hopefully be utilised down the road with a Bose 6 speaker system as per recomendation in CR. 5 X 100 watts per channel will give enough sound for us.