I havn't posted here since way back but I always get my Outlaw newsletter. Once an outlaw always an outlaw I guess. Saw the 990 letter and had to check it out. Very Impressive for what you get. I was one of the original guys long ago that bought one of the first 950s.

From the specs and pictures it seems alot of the reasons I sent it back and bought the Rotel RSP-1066 seem to be taken care of with this one. For one the front panel DOESN'T look cheap.. One of my biggest complaints (yeah I know its cosmetic, I had other issues as well..) with the 950. The buttons and dial seem alot nicer (any of the beta guys want to chime in, feel free). Once I get some solid reviews from people on here I will probably buy one and do the 30 day test again...

Jeff

I know exactly why they were so secretive. They were roasted in online forums for the delays experienced during the 950's development, and they clearly didn't want to do that again. "Delivery creep" (the design and manufacturing version of "feature creep") is very common - both of AV123's Emotiva SSP's have suffered from it, the Model 1070 is struggling with it currently, and plenty of other products (such as my Yamaha DVD player, which was originally announced for March 2004 and didn't show up until September) go through the same thing. They elected to try something totally different with the 990, and I think it's sort of cool.

Figures, they'd announce this just as I'm in the midst of building out my new dedicated HT room in my new house! I'm already eyeing an upgraded projector , building out a new HTPC, and buying a 770..

Clearly they kept this one under wraps because of the 950 release delay debacle. I'd say it was a responsible thing to do.

(speaking of 950 product release veterans coming out of the woodwork...)

Seems like Yamaha didn't learn their lesson... as the 2500 still isn't out after resetting the release date twice now.

DADDY LIKE!!

Now, lets see a picture of that LCD touchscreen remote that is included!!!

Wow, Prefect, it's been a while! Good to see you back on the forum. Best of luck on the dedicated HT room.

Even my UPS guy is waiting and panting! When can I get him to leave the porch? I am afraid if I say 30-45 days before the Outlaw box will arrive, he just might do something drastic!

Let's see here: The bedroom Denon moves to the office, the Outlaw 950 moves to the bedroom, and the Sony in the office is NOW LISTED ON EBAY!

Cheers!
PhatLac - :p

Oooooh.... repeat after me, "HTM MX-700"...

It's been a while since I posted anything here -- but this is certainly worth talking about. The 990 is now way up there on my list of pre-pro's...and my birthday is within the 90 days!!!

I, for one, prefer to know what is coming, rather than be surprised, even pleasantly... :p

If people would have known to expect this, then surely they would have waited instead of just purchasing something else. Now, all of the people who just bought something are surely not going to buy the 990 also... No worries, though.