Double Down With The OUTLAWS!

For those of you who have never played blackjack, when you "double down", you take a great hand (such as a six and a five), double your bet, and take one final card in your quest to get twenty one! As with any card game, you're taking a gamble at the tables: Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. However, with the Outlaws you will never lose - and our Double Down promotion for the month of October makes sure that everyone comes out a winner!


Without question, this is far and away the most spectacular promotional deal in our history! Rather than waste time with preliminaries, we're dealing the cards face up, right here.

Effective immediately, and running through October 31st, we are reducing the price on both of our award-winning surround sound processors by $200.

- The Model 990, normally $999, is priced at $799 during October!

- The Model 970, normally $699, is priced at $499 during October!

No other processors in the market have been able to match the value of either of these award-winning units at their pre-promotion prices. This month, they represent an unprecedented value. Remember, these are fully featured processors with built-in 1080p capable, HDMI-compatible, DVI switching. Both use the Cirrus Logic CS49400 DSP processor that enables them to include four-way crossovers with all surround modes and per-input lip sync delay settings. In addition they are equipped with multiple digital and analog audio inputs, IR input/output jacks, and much, much more. Of course, they are software upgradeable and carry the Outlaw's transferable warranty.

Complete feature lists and specifications are available at www.outlawaudio.com, but a summary of the differences includes our exclusive analog bass management option on the Model 970, while among the Model 990's many special features are an audiophile-grade phono input section, multiroom capability, a stereo upsampling chip, a USB connection for easy upgrades and playback of computer audio streams, as well as balanced audio outputs for use with our Model 7500, Model 7700 and Model 7900 amplifiers.

These promotional prices emphasize the value of Outlaw processors as the best equipped products in their respective price classes. Their currency and compatibility with the latest video sources is underlined by being able to switch 1080p digital video signals and handle the high resolution audio format outputs provided by many high-definition, blue-laser players through their "7.1 direct" inputs. However, we also recognize that some of you may be waiting for a processor with HDMI repeater/processor capabilities and more.

So what's next?

The Outlaws are hard at work creating new world-class products with all the bells and whistles, but the development time line is a long one and some of the critical path items are outside of our control.

For example, as recent as late last month, we learned that the newest version of the Cirrus Logic CS49700, the DSP chip powering these new products, will have an eight-week delay in the production schedule for samples. This cascades to a greater delay in the schedule, since the samples need to be in hand before we can finalize the board layout and freeze the firmware/software. We could use the current version of the DSP chip, but we want to deliver the increased stability and lightning-fast acquisition of the latest "lossey" and "lossless" audio formats transmitted over HDMI.

Similarly, our plans also include new, advanced codecs that are not currently available in any product. Unfortunately, there is also a delay in the delivery of the final microprocessor code for some of these codecs to the chip suppliers. All of us at Outlaw are waiting for final word on how to implement them. The net result is that our new processors will not be scheduled for production until some time late in the first quarter or early in the second quarter of 2008. To bring these processors to market sooner would deprive us of offering you some hot new features and the advanced stability that depends on component-based hardware, not upgradeable software.

What to do until then?
That's where you can DOUBLE DOWN!

In addition to saving $200 this month on either of our surround processors, we will double that discount with a $200 price reduction from the initial published price of any of our future processors to Model 990 and Model 970 owners for the first six months after they start shipping. This "future offer" allows you upgrade your current system today with a world-class product, backed with the confidence that should the upgrade bug bite next year you'll have access to a discount that will not be available to first-time buyers of the new products. By doubling down you can enjoy a new processor today and upgrade tomorrow when the new technologies are truly "ready for prime time".

Before you ask...

As a final note, we'll anticipate two logical questions from current Outlaws and address them right here. In recognition of your loyalty, the $200 discount on our new processors will be available to any original owner of a Model 990 or Model 970, within the first 6 months of its release regardless of the original date of purchase.

Further, in keeping with our policy of customer support, anyone who has purchased a Model 990 or Model 970 in the past thirty days will be price protected with $250 in "Outlaw Bucks", good towards any future Outlaw purchase during the next twelve months.

We can think of no better way to give you a start on your "holiday shopping", or a chance to get in that last system upgrade for yourself before starting to think about presents for everyone else on the shopping list. For full details on all of our products, go to www.outlawaudio.com. The sign over the Hideout says that "The best values in home theater are only a mouse-click away!™". Our October "Double-Down" Promo is the best example of that ever!

Regards,

The Outlaws