I've also lamented the speed to obsolesence in the current audio market but it's easy to see why this is so from the impatience that folks have expressed with Outlaw for taking "so long" to release a replacement for the 990.
It's amazing that in a market where many cling to tubes and LPs, many are hell bent for the latest and greatest connections and digital processing, and in many cases it's the same people!
Mabey Outlaw should introduce a Super HD Turntable with a 7 channel tube preamp connected by a single wire, and of course a USB input and I-pod dock.