If the 997 keeps being delayed, I hope Outlaw will keep the 990 around long enough to have product to sell. It would be a shame to find yourselves in the same boat as Emotiva with no current PP product on the shelves waiting for new stuff to be available. Not to mention the red ink! Maybe by late summer I'll be ready to upgrade my system. The 990 might still be good enough (depending on what BD player I eventually end up with, the entry grade machines DON'T have 7.1 analog audio out). If the 990 isn't still available at that time perhaps I can find one used from someone who has upgraded to the 997. (Didn't Outlaw once have a forum where Outlaw customers could post used equipment for sale/swap?)