I am very happy with the Onkyo SR804. It powers my center channel only because I have a three channel monster cable amp powering the rears and front channels. I must say that the center channel (Boston Acoustic vr14) sounds open, neutral, powerful and effortless. For 650.00 on sale this receiver was a steal. It has enough channels and power to create a good home system. One draw back is that it only upscales to 720 not 1080. !080 signals will pass through unaffected but less signals won't be 1080. I did play some video tapes on my HD 42 panasonic and the picture looked better than on my non HD set. One drawback is that this sucker is heavy. Put it down and it won't move. This receiver has been updated to the SR-806 model. With Onkyo you can't go wrong.