When I looked into the 2 channel analogue aspect of the Onkyo and Integra, I could not pin the dealer/technician down on its analogue performance; he would always steer towards some other shining feature of the machine, would not give me a straight answer. Based on this, I would assume that the 2 channel analogue aspect of these machines is not one of their strengths. In any case, if this is something that's important to you, I'd try to audition it first and if that's not possible, I'd spend some significant time researching.

In reality, the pre/pro is just beginning to take off, there's more competition and a better understanding of what consumers want and so like a computer, I think the longer you can wait, the better off you will be.

And, I'm guessing the new Outlaw will address this issue; at least I hope so and look forward to its arrival.

John