Dear Fellow Outlaws,

Believe or not, in 2009 we will celebrate our tenth year in business. We sincerely thank you all for your loyalty and support.

We have many exciting announcements planned to mark our anniversary, starting with something that is new, very different, and not previously discussed in any of our newsletters. If you love movies as much as we do, look for a major announcement coming your way in January.

Until then, the Outlaws wish you all a Happy New Year.

Peter

Well Peter, could this mean there is a Blu-Ray player coming from Outlaw? I would be interested, but you are going to have to put something really good together to compete with the likes of Oppo. Or maybe you are just going to be partnering with Oppo like you did on the SMS-1.

Whatever it is I am sure it will be something tasty!

Happy New Year to all of you at Outlaw and Thank You for your dedication to delivering quality products and great customer service.

mdrconsult,

That was an excellent conclusion. You probably know that at Outlaw we have the highest regard for Oppo:

-Their products are terrific.

-Many of our customers (including Gonk) own an Oppo player.

Those who visit this forum know that both Gonk and I are Beta testing their new Blu-Ray player. I now have enough experience to know that when this player is released, I will choose it for my system and recommend it to all of my friends and colleagues.

So your guess makes a lot of sense----EXCEPT that is not what we will be announcing. Wait.

Happy New Year

Peter

Maybe a blu-ray in the works... interesting. What else could it be though. Suggestions anyone.

Hmmm...maybe the Outlaws are getting into video displays (plasma or lcd) or projectors??

Peter alerady ruled out a BD player and I'm not surprised by that at all.

I would guess - possibly a music server-related device, or maybe the "1070-version" of the 997. Or maybe floor speakers?? I see Outlaw as an audio company. So I'm not biting on anything video related yet. But it would be a surprise!

My guess...2 channel. How about a stereo amp and preamp to be a companion to, or replacement of, the RR-2150? And maybe a full range speaker too.

Yes maybe 2 and 3 channel amps?

Good to see that Outlaw is weathering (or seeming to weather) these tough economic times and pushing new products through it all.

My guess is a combo offer of the 990/997 with the BDP-83 from OPPO. Maybe even a 3 way with an amp choice too. Makes perfect sense to spice up the sales of both units, especially with PeterT testing the BDP already. What do you say Peter?

Interesting... I look forward to hearing what's in the works. An OPPO partnership of some sort (either reselling or aa BDP-83 with Outlaw sheet metal) was my first thought, too, but that's ruled out based on Peter's second post. It was probably wishful thinking on my part, anyway.

As for the rest of the ideas listed - the "movies" clue seems important. That would seem to rule out two- or three-channel amps and floorstanding speakers, since those would work as well (or even better) for music. A 970 successor is more appropriate, but still doesn't seem to specifically fit with movies.