I am certainly new to the world of seperates but it would seem to me that someone would take a mid-fi reciever remove the amp section spruce up the output circuits a little and they would have a capable lowend preproe for $499 or so. What if the outlaws were to remove the amp section of the 1070 wouldn't you think that they could sell it as a prepro for around the $500 mark. Like I said I am just starting my journey into the world of seperates so maybe there are lots of reasons this could not happen but it seems to me that a lot of people would welcome this product.