Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Yep, speaker cuts out!

Thank goodness I found these reviews! I was going insane trying to fix my setup. Checked all my connections, all my other devices, etc... It just turns out that the receiver is junk. Hate to toss it, but guess I will. Lasted about 3 years, which is pretty bad if you ask me. Seeing as I never used it in anything other than a 2 speaker configuration, I am probably going to buy the onkyo tx-8255 for $170.Update: After playing around with the settings on this receiver, I found the 7-speaker stereo mode. It appears to make it so that all the surround sound speakers act just like the front L and R. So if you are NOT using all of the speakers (I only have a 2 speaker set up) then you can move your speakers over to the surround sound speaker connectors. You may have to play with the settings a bit, but it seems to work for me. Looks like I won't have to buy a new receiver quite yet. :)