Scott.
Thank you, sir.
I appreciate your kind offer.
will be contacting you shortly.

Washburn,

I usually don't make comments but I have one thought....

Outlaw allows you try their products for 30 days and you have an option to keep it or return it.

If the product doesn't suit you then return it, plain and simple.

I use a 2150 and have used a NAD C372 Integrated extensively . As stated in an earlier post, NAD gears their sound towards the low end, with very rolled off highs to me. I've never heard anything lacking so much in resolution , it sounded like the treble had been turned way down . I've read professional and user reviews who rave about this kind of sound .... so I guess some people like it like that or their a little hearing impaired . To each their own .


I thought the source knob or volume may bother me too , but it is a non issue. I turn the knob slowly, and I get where I need to . The volume is all about using your brain to figure out how to best adjust it.

Scott is the person to speak with about your concerns . He has helped me numerous times with concerns of mine and have always received excellent
service .


The bottom line though is the sound. Buy both and compare them,it's the only way to know . Without hearing them it's all just pie in the sky ..... it looks good but doesn't mean much . Keep what you like, return what you don't.

Looking at some other things/alternatives, now (nothing to do with vol knob etc), but the Outlaw is still in the running. I still haven't called Scott, I think after auditioning these other alternatives, and I still feel like going with OA, then I will call Scott, and talk more about what was concerning me.

In any case, I will update again shortly.

I can pass on my recent experience with the RR2150. I just added a sub to my system and I feel the bass management really has paid dividends to the result of my system. I added a M&K MX-150 THX (dual 12 ") sub to my Floorstanding Phase Technology PC9.1 speakers.

The most optimum configuration for sound quality was derived from puttting the bass-management switch at the 120Hz cross-over setting. Phase Tech low-freq spec is 32Hz but pales in comparison to the M&K sub. This removed of course some of the additional low-frequency from the Phase Tech. The bass-reproduction from the sub-woofer was superior carrying this signal and it also benefitted the sound from the Phase Tech. This I tested by maintaining the setting and just dropping out the sub. With the lower signal in the floorstanders the sound sounded muddy. Not any more with the setting at 120Hz.

I had always wondered if the sub would help the main speakers by off-loading that source signal. It certainly did largely in part the RR2150/Phase Tech could focus all their power in the higher-freq range. I suspect the lows frequencies shift also has quite an impact on the internal acoustic waves that were reduced from dropping the lower-freq from the floorstanders.

I as well wish the volume control was better but the rest of the strong features outweigh it.

I appreciate the retro solid look, the sound quality and the aforementioned bass-management.

made a decision:
gonna order B stock and try it out

and I have a "?":
is it ok to adjust the bass management/x-over switch on the back of the receiver WHILE receiver is ON and playing music? will it damage the receiver/speakers or the sub in anyway?
or do I have to turn everything off before adjusting that switch?
Thanks.

My choices have changed a bit now:
I'm gonna audition this amp first, and then audition the OL in a week or two: that should give me an idea on which way to go:

This is the other "contender" now: I know it's a completely different beast, but I'm curious about it:

I didn't see anything in the manual that recommended turning it off. The Outlaws could tell you for sure, but I'd probably at least pause playback or hit MUTE before doing it.

Thx Gonk.
I will be auditioning the MH first, and then next week or so the Outlaw (in house auditions for both)

...any thoughts on the MH? anyone heard/own this thing?