I love this receiver, it is really worthed the money. I have upgraded from an old Onkyo (TH-602b), and what a difference. The only thing is that I am still using my old 5.1 bose speakers. But belive it or not after several auto setup attempts I finally got the right Audissey Eq setup and it really sounds great. My next purchase (as soon as I have some dough) will be the Def Tch procinema 800 speakers system. If you can, test the AVR-1909 with the BD U-571, it gives your LFE the work out that it deserves.