I "discovered" Outlaw Audio back in August and quickly decided that the 970 was a must have. Fast forward to present. I finally completed some alterations to my "HT" room and came back to the site to purchase the 970. I am dismayed to read about the ongoing 970 issues. The only other real alternative was the Emotiva LMC-1. Does anybody have any experience with the LMC-1?? What have you heard?? I may wait it out a little longer to see if a 970 fix becomes available. But I've been without a SSP/pre-amp for about 4 months now and am anxious to jump back in.

Thanks

The 970 bugs (predominantly the audio drop-outs) appear to still be lingering, but from what tidbits I've gotten from Scott it sounds like they are still intently seeking a permanent solution - biggest problem has been the difficulty in repeating the problem consistently so programmers could figure out the cause.

The LMC-1 has had a bumpy road, too, I'm afraid. Emotiva has split away from AV123 and are now solely responsible for sales and support. There remain several bugs in the LMC-1 that I don't believe have been resolved. I haven't been able to find a definitive list of problems at AV123, and some that have been reported appeared to be resolved by the Pro Logic II from back in the summer, but a few that I believe are still present are: PLIIx mode always goes to Music even when Movie or Virtual is selected, signal lock problems when shifting between Dolby 2.0 and Dolby 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 defaulting to Dolby EX decoding, and some general issues with surround mode preference memory. In light of the LMC-1's inability to get firmware updates loaded without a trip back to Emotiva's offices, I'd be leery of getting one at this point.

Gonk do you know if Outlaw is working on, or even know about, some of the other issues besides the "no audio" bug?

I haven't asked them about it. If it has come up here or been mentioned to them on the phone, then they'd know about it - and I've never known them to leave a bug in the field without finding a fix for it (even when, as with the 950, it involved chip replacements or even hardware revisions).