kscharf,

I've thought about your question a couple days and can't think of a reason that wouldn't work. Don't know of anyone doing that, but seems like it should work. My understanding is the Outlaw power amps are built by ATI, and I've read ATI's description of how their "balanced" amps work. It seems to me they are essentially bridged amps in each channel. Each channel of the amp consists of a "positive" and "negative" amp driving the load. If that's the way the 7500/7700/7900 are built, what you're asking of the 990 to drive gainclones is essentially what the 990 is doing with the Outlaw balanced amps when used with the balanced connections. The gainclones will need sufficient input sensitivity to be driven to full power by the 990 differential voltage output, but that should not be difficult to achieve. I haven't looked at the 3886 data sheet in awhile, but I think they're spec'ed for full output with a half-volt input.

Bill