MZ, my first post as well!

I was never interested in Outlaw products as I did not like their looks and knew nothing of their performance. Now I am very interested.

I had the same quandry as I wanted to play some vinyl as well and pump some music to the deck, but I just received a phono preamp yesterday that would plug into the 970 that I ordered months ago for a low $65. I like spending $300 less, but I really want good 2 channel sound as well and the 990 chip set is reportedly better and now I'm considering just-going-for-it and combo with the 7125 amp.