I agree with you. Maybe the "usability" issues are because the 950 is Outlaw's very first pre/pro. The 1066 doesn't have as Brian says, a "thousand papercuts" of minor problems, but not because Rotel is a better company, but because Rotel has built pre/pro's for years. The 950 is a good FIRST pre/pro. And it costs less than the Rotel, which makes buying the 950 less painful, despite the "thousand papercuts" of usability issues and hiss and pops, etc. But I bet most of issues can be easily corrected, perhaps with a minor EEprom revision to the 950. (Rev 1 of the 950?) Alternatively, I would not be surprised if these usability issues get corrected in the Sherbourn or the Atlantic Tech clones. Both clones have the benefit of watching how Outlaw did it and no doubt EastTech will be happy to oblige with minor changes to allow Sherbourn and AT to differentiate their product. This could even be used to justify the higher price for the Sherbourn and AT clones. Of course, this is all pure speculation.


[This message has been edited by Will (edited May 29, 2002).]