Jed,

You make a good point, and one that I am trying to make. It seems like alot of Outlaw supporters have no problem saying that the 950 has the same sonics as 3-4k prepros (which we see over and over), when they themselves can't validate this. Seems like a little like "follow the crowd" mentality.

And sure, like most A vs B vs C comparisons, there would be a few who have tried B&C and pick Outlaw; but there are many others who would pick B&C over Outlaw.

I do know three friends and dealers, people I have met in person, who have owned the Outlaw or AT clone and say it performs well for its price, but not as good as other gear they own...two preamp/prepro models which I have owned and can judge personally. Two comments were "the AT prepro was good, but its no Aragon or Sunfire" ...and "good for HT, but $500 preamp is much better for 2 channel...and this preamp is not as good as the AVM20"