I will definately be there on Saturday. Any chance of getting free tickets this year? I have to save all the money I can to save up for the 990

WOW!!

I have already started to try to figure out how to pay for this beast. The 1099.00 price seems like a steal! In the newsletter Outlaw said "guaranteed for the next 90 days, is $1,099." Does that 90 days start from NOW or does it start from the ship date when the boxes actually get to the Outlaws?

Any ideas?

I am looking foward to this...

Hi Pat, gonk, Jeff, etc... okay, you too Will.

From what I know, the 990 will be a wonderful choice for many folks, especially at the $1100 price point. Probably, its' primary competition will be the new Sherwood-Newcastle pre/pro?

Does the 990 have an onboard phono preamp? Did I read that somewhere on the previous two pages of posts?

Does it have an onboard tuner too?

Yes to the phono preamp, yes to the onboard tuner, and there's even a headphone jack (with Dolby Headphone) and RS-232/USB software upgradeability.

Looks like I'll need to update the pre/pro chart today...

I have to believe that you would be using an amp with the 990 that makes use of the new balanced outputs. And I'd have to believe that it would be an Outlaw with balanced inputs. So how's the 790 coming? I suppose that since it was already shown you could use one of the prototypes again. Just wishing that one of the surprises includes news on the 790.

Sorry for the somewhat off-topic nature of this post.

Ok...what happened to the green button..this can't be an Outlaw product can it???

Cool.

1. I'm keepin' my 950 forever 'cause it's a great piece and the analog ins with BM make it future proof.

2. I'm gettin' the 990.

3. Speaking of analog ins...what's the skinny on BM for them in the 990...anyone know?

4. Now Outlaw needs to make a Blu-Ray/SACD/DVD-A player...

I dont know why they were so secretive about this.

$1099 is a very reasonable price, though it would have been nice to let people know to start saving (if need be).

If a company (like Outlaw Audio) waited for a new technology to take hold before making a product, then they would never make anything. Technology is ever evolving beyond anyone's imagination, so everything will become "old" sooner than later.

I don't know if I'm excited about this or not... I don't see myself buying one, but if I had a 950 I would probably do so. They should offer a trade-up feature so they can get and sell some bstock 950s, that would be nearly unprecedented in the industry! It would also increase brand loyalty.

If nothing else, it is about time they came out with a new processor. Hopefully the next generation processor comes out more quickly than this one has...

I just received a new UPDATED pic of the 990, so I thought that I'd post it here first.

lol.