First its suposed to be the same as the Yamaha 1400 according to Yamaha. I owned a HK-525 which I loved but Ive had to get it fixed twice and Ive given up on it. Anyway I was about to purchase a surround system from axiom and I read on one of these reviews that the Yamaha sounded bright and was not a good match with the axiom speakers that a warmer sounding speaker would be better. Does anyone have an opinion or recommendation. Thanks. Incase its important I was going to go with the M2i in the front with the VP100 center and QS4 as my rear surrounds. I just bought a Velodyne DPS 10" Sub for a 5.1 Thanks again.