Adrian - I think the problem you're facing is due to the fact that this product is at the beginning of its sales cycle. As a buyer who got in early on this fantastic product, I realized 2 things:

1. The unit may be buggy. I'm sure that over the course of the next year there will be fixes, patches, etc. If I couldn't deal with that fact, I would have gone for something else. Luckily (at least for me), I haven't run into any show-stoppers, but I'm sure there are some gremlins out there.

2. After a 6 month build-out, my HT was finished & ready for a complete list of new components (except for a DVD player). I was ready to pull the trigger on something else, but luckily, it was not an April Fool's joke, the 990 was on the scene pretty quickly. Unfortunately, I was traveling & couldn't get on the wait list immediately. For a couple of weeks it was killing me that I couldn't use my HT because of no pre-amp. I feel your frustration, but I don't blame Outlaw's CS. They stated pretty clearly up front that they couldn't judge when the unit would start hitting buyer's shelves. Because the wait list isn't a contract, they have no idea when someone's name will actually come up. I agree that a policy of stating where they are in the queue would be a better way of doing things, but that's there policy & not a surprise.

You may be better off buying a more 'mature' product that has inventory. However I'm sure glad I didn't, I love the unit, especially at this price.

Good luck!