#13673 - 12/06/04 07:30 PM
Re: Outlaw Model 1070
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Desperado
Registered: 03/20/03
Posts: 668
Loc: Maryland
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As far as I know, any delay in releasing the 1070 for order or preorder would be that Outlaw has a very high regard for releasing a quality product. Outlaw still has remnants of the early 950 'hiss' issue brought up now and then. Outlaw is likely being very careful to test every aspect of the early production models to make sure that the manufactured product will perform as well as their design engineers intend. I'm sure that Outlaw wants to be very, very confident in the 1070 before any shipments of this product begin.
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#13674 - 12/07/04 12:46 AM
Re: Outlaw Model 1070
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Gunslinger
Registered: 09/09/04
Posts: 30
Loc: Parker, Colorado, USA
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Believe me, I totally understand why they are waiting to give us information (and a release date)! But, that doesn't help the pain. In the past (3) weeks, I've had (2) new Yamaha receivers, (2) H/Ks, and (1) new Pioneer at my house... The stores are hating me right now. But, I'm tring to soothe myself until the Outlaws take care of it ;-)
-robert
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#13675 - 12/07/04 01:13 PM
Re: Outlaw Model 1070
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Deputy Gunslinger
Registered: 01/20/04
Posts: 6
Loc: Brooklyn , NY, USA
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Personally, I think the Outlaws are a bit slow on the draw. 4years is a long time in-between models, too long in the world of consumer electronics. And with the projected 900-1,000$ price tag, that would be almost twice the price tag of the previous model(1050). I am going by the afore mentioned 'to be under $1,000.' in a previous newsletter.
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#13676 - 12/07/04 01:40 PM
Re: Outlaw Model 1070
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Desperado
Registered: 03/21/01
Posts: 14054
Loc: Memphis, TN USA
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Four years is a long time by the standards of industry giants like Yamaha, Panasonic, Pioneer, or Denon since they typically operate on a "model year" structure, but for smaller companies like Outlaw, Rotel, Sherwood, etc., it is not particularly unusual. In many cases, large manufacturers take an existing design and tweak it a bit to create a new model for a new model year, with major changes occuring only every three or four years. Smaller companies more often keep an existing design on the market for several years, saving them production retooling costs (it also makes their buyers feel less "behind the times" when their model is replaced after ten months by a model with one new feature). The development time and money involved in this stuff is significant, all the moreso for smaller designers.
The price tag, which I suspect will land just shy of $1000 (although I suppose they might surprise us and come in around $900), is about 40% more than the Model 1050's original price of $599 - the 1050 price was dropped to $499 after it had been on the market for about a year, similar the price drop on the 950 after a year. Considering some of the differences in the two products, I think that price difference is not surprising - the 1070 will sport component switching with video upconversion (the 1050 had no component switching at all), 65W of power for seven channels with all seven driven at once (the 1050 had 65Wx6, with up to three driven to 65W at once), and DVI switching, to name a few differences.
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#13677 - 12/07/04 02:04 PM
Re: Outlaw Model 1070
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Gunslinger
Registered: 06/07/03
Posts: 164
Loc: Conyers,GA,USA
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I agree with Gonk on the differences of the business models. However, the Outlaws are not reinventing the wheel here. Every feature previously mentioned for the 1070 is currently available, and DVI is old technology. HDMI is shipping on practically every video source and display. I can wait, as I plan to use the 1070 as a Pre/Pro, I only wish it would have Main In jacks to complement the Pre Outs
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#13678 - 12/07/04 02:39 PM
Re: Outlaw Model 1070
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Gunslinger
Registered: 09/09/04
Posts: 30
Loc: Parker, Colorado, USA
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I'm buying the 1070 based on my experiences w/ the 1050 & their reputation, mainly. What I wonder is this... What are the features that are really going to set this receiver apart from other receivers in the $750-1000 arena? DVI switching only? This doesn't seem like a large selling point to me as HDMI is THE standard that will be around for a while. I believe we'll see sub 1k receivers w/ HDMI switching by next Christmas - nobody will want something that only does DVI then... If DVI switching is not THE reason to buy this unit - what is? I guess what I'm getting at is this... What sets this unit apart from receivers like the 3805, rx-v2500, hk630, etc.?
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#13680 - 12/07/04 09:54 PM
Re: Outlaw Model 1070
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Desperado
Registered: 10/25/02
Posts: 466
Loc: IL
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Originally posted by gonk: one big factor will be sound quality - not something that shows up on a feature "laundry list," I'm still amazed that people forget this. More features does not automatically mean better sound quality. Outlaw is not reinventing the wheel, but they are creating their own design of it. You don't just slap components together like they're Legos and call it a day.
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#13681 - 12/08/04 05:21 PM
Re: Outlaw Model 1070
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Gunslinger
Registered: 06/07/03
Posts: 164
Loc: Conyers,GA,USA
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[/qb][/QUOTE]I'm still amazed that people forget this. More features does not automatically mean better sound quality. Outlaw is not reinventing the wheel, but they are creating their own design of it. You don't just slap components together like they're Legos and call it a day. [/QB][/QUOTE] I'm still amazed that people forget this. More features does not automatically mean poorer sound quality
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