If your interest is loud noise by all means the newer systems are the ones for you.

Then while watching tv it started making odd static noises, squeaking and loud thud and pop noise then the sound stopped working.

Well I had this for about a year when the receiver started putting out a terrible humming noise to the speakers.

, left side surround speaker it's having a loud noise

After a couple hours of troubleshooting (trying different HDMI ports, reconnecting the speaker wires, resetting the unit, etc.) it simply seemed like any time the sound ramped up or there was a loud noise the unit would switch off.

When I bought this system I thought it was an incredible value, but after less than a year of not very intense use, it started shutting off whenever there's a loud noise in whatever I'm watching.