You had my money when you said it was going to be available next month. Set-up mike, tell me you will have mine at the show.

Scott - What is the jack to the right of the USB?

Yeah, I think that somewhere in the Pacific there's a box that needs to find its way to Memphis ASAP. Knowing me, I'll still pull the SPL meter out while calibrating, but I'd also like to see just what the setup mic can do (and the front input jack for the mic is a nice touch).

Anybody else notice the separate remote for the second zone? Nice touch.

No doubt about it, I'm in. One thing that really pleases me is the addition of a phono input. And a headphone jack to boot!! Very cool. That money I was going to use to buy a second amp just got reallocated...

Later,
Simp

The $1,099.00 price is amazing. Phono, PLIIx and Auto setup, just what I wanted. I can't wait to read the posts of Beta testers.

In looking at the display, even though it is not turned on, it looked pretty familiar to me. Since I just happened to have the owners manual for the Sherwood/Newcastle P-965 on my hard drive I compared their illustration of the 965's display with what you can see in Scott's picture. Sure enough, they appear very similar if not the same. On to the S/N site where they have a very nice picture
of the rear of the P-965. Yep, the same layout although the 990 has more stuff like XLR, DVI etc. but the layout is identical expect for the additional ins and outs. I think it is a pretty safe bet these two units are built off of the same chassis. But, the 990 would appear to have more features at about the same street cost as the P-965.

so, when and how much?

OK. I just purchased a 950/770 combo in early October. Now I guess I'm going to have to purchase a 990/7100 combo, pair the 990/770 together in my main listening area and the 950/7100 in my secondary area. So go ahead and and put my name on the waiting list.

Jeff

I know that it will be sheer speculation, but do you think that they've fixed the 1-2 second audio sync delay that is in the 950? I hope so, as that is really the only thing that annoys me with the 950. And the price of $1099 is much better than I'd dared to hope. Thanks again Outlaw. And I hope that you built several boat loads of these, as I'm sure they'll sell quickly.

Jeff

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that they probably have fixed the delay - it's one of the most common complaints about the 950, and they look to have tried to resolve any such existing concerns.

Well, since the first shipment is on a freighter from the factory now, "when" is real darn soon - four to six weeks. "How much" is $1100.