Well Outlaw members, haven't posted in a while but as you can tell by my title, I'm up to no good This week I purchased pratically a brand new Pioneer Elite VSX-84TXSi receiver for next to nothing price wise to possibly serve as a pre/amp in place of the 990 till Outlaw releases the updated model 990. I was hoping to get the unit before the weekend to do a side-by-side compairison but doesn't look like it will arrive till Monday.

I've been very pleased with my 990/7700 combo since day one but with the lack of HDMI switching, I just have way to many switches in my setup which gets annoying even with macros programmed into my URC. As I stated before, if I decide to keep the Elite this is without a doubt only a temporary solution until Outlaw releases the new 990. I already made up my mind that Outlaw has a customer for life when I first received my 990/7700 combo but at the price I paid for the Elite, I figured I'd give it a test run. I HAVE NOT sold my 990 yet for the simple fact that I've grown to love the unit so much I'm almost scared to sell it until I can compair the two units.

Long story short, I will be doing a review of the two units as soon as I can get them in place so stay tuned. For all I know, may be re-selling the Elite and keeping the 990, only "listening" time will tell.