Price Paid:  $350.00 from Best Buy

Summary:
This reciever is great, the power and quality are equally great. Friends of mine have paid twice as much for their recievers and they don't sound as nice as this one

Strengths:
Quality of sound
Power
Digital Equalizer looks great

Weaknesses:
None

Similar Products Used:
All kings

Price Paid:  $350.00 from Fry's

Summary:
This product is awesome. The digital equalizer looks great, the sound kicks as loud as any brand, and the quality is crisp. I've had a more than one experience with recievers and this one is by far my favorite. Quality and Power are top notch

Strengths:
The strength is definately the power, but its equally matched by the quality

Weaknesses:
NOthing really

Similar Products Used:
All products

Price Paid:  $180.00 from Audio King (Ultimate

Summary:
Couldn't pass up the deal on a receiver with so many options. This is the first Aiwa product I have used. It has treated me very well. I was a little concerned about some of the reviews I have read but I have had no problems at all. Sound quality is great. Love all the options. The optical sound from my DVD sounds really nice.

Hate the remote (use a SIMA SUR20).

Strengths:
Great Price
Great Sound quality
Lots of Options
Good Power

Weaknesses:
Using the remote is kind of like controlling you reciever with a surf board.
Display isn't great (I don't use the onscreen option)
Main control knobs are a little large but that's Aiwa

Similar Products Used:
Yamaha
Pioneer
Sony

Price Paid:  $300.00 from eBay

Summary:
Lots of power, but difficult to operate/tweak.

Strengths:
Sub is nice.

Weaknesses:
When the power flickered, I ost the SubWoofer signal. My sub still works, but the receiver wont send anything to it. Two things to do:

1) Send the receiver to the nearest service center (600 miles away, international shippinh to Canada).

or

2) Buy a service manual off of eBay, and attempt the fix myself.

Guess which route I picked...

Price Paid:  $289.00 from Lee's Audio/Video

Summary:
I have used this receiver for two years or so with no problems. Cerwin Vega VS-100s are my mains, and I use Sony 5-CD Player. The BBE function and T-Bass are great, I have never used the graphic equalizer or dsp settings (they muddy the sound too much). On occasion, I used the 5.1 Digital and DTS capabilities, the channel separation is excellant and I really like the optical digital connections.

Strengths:
Stereo power (120 watts/channel), BBE Processing, DTS, Digital 5.1, easy (for me) to operate. Definitely a great AV receiver for the price

Weaknesses:
Display is too small, although it does have an on-screen display that I never used. Setting radio presets is time consuming.

Similar Products Used:
None