My charts have gotten badly out of date, as my new position at work and the three-year-old have taken more of my time. I'll probably try to start working through updates on at least a couple of them (maybe the HD disc player chart and the pre/pro chart) at some point. We'll see what I can do...

When do you guys think the new Pre-Pro will be released? Obviously this is just speculation. What about spec release... when do you think this will come out?

There's a good chance that they will not say a peep about it until the first production batch is on the water - that's how the 990 arrived, and they've kept the new unit similarly "under wraps" (aside from the obvious, which was that we all knew they were working on something to address the market demands for HDMI v1.3). As for when that freighter might leave dock, I would like to think it'll be some time between now and the end of the year. As for a really wild guess, I'll say Monday, October 27, 2008. Plus or minus 120 days...

We should start a "when will it be announced" pool for the 990 replacement.

I say December 7th, plus or minus 90 days.

Does anyone know if there will be units out for a beta test? Thinking a bit more, I suspect that is not a good question due to non-disclosure agreements.

My bet is that gonk gets the first one on December 2nd.

Odds are that Outlaw will (or possibly even is) have a beta test, although as you say it'll be done under an NDA so we won't get to hear about it...

Thanks guys. My guess is they'll try to have it out by Thanksgiving... gotta have it ready for the big shopping season .

I'm pretty sure that before the new processor is released to the public, beta testing will be done. Outlaw is going to make sure that beta testers put it through its paces before unleashing to the public. Scott, if your listening, I'm ready to run one through the paces in my H/T room, lol.

Yeah, hopefully there's some beta testing BEFORE the units are shipped to the first customers, unlike the 1070 owners who are still putting up with the bugginess of the units.

(Obviously I assume there was with the 1070 as well, but it didn't help much.)

I'm rather positive the revolutionary technology is the Trinnov tech. It blows away all other room eq software in sound quality.

Sherwood's Pre-Pro is going that route, and last I heard Outlaw was going with Etronics for their 990 replacement and again Sherwood would be releasing their own more expensive slight different version.

Sherwood will be officially announcing their Pre-Pro at CEDIA with plans of shipping the unit shortly after in October.

So I'm guessing the Outlaw will be a bit earlier.

That is if everything is Kosher. A lot of companies were waiting for Cirrus chips and decided to go another route.