I still haven't called them. This is heavy concert season and I have been recording like mad, which means I need it for my post work. I simply cant be without the unit right now. I need a consistent volume to reference as I add gain to these tapes, plus I want my sound to be static as I EQ the tapes ect, I need the sucker right now sending it back for another 2.5 moth absence isn't in the cards. So far it has only stopped working completely 3 times, the rest of the problem moments I can turn it off, walk away for a while and come back and work again.

Its really a shame, I love the unit and its sound but the dependability factor is ridiculous.

One odd thing that has become constant, every time I turn it on after sitting I get no sound and the screen has a distorted wavy lines across it until I power cycle it. The wavy lines across the screen make me wonder. Anyone care to speculate what would cause this?

A few of the guys in the bands I record think I should be using pro gear, but I think the audiophile world sounds better over all. Pro gear is designed to take the abuse of moving from city to city each day, and sound ok second. My goal was sound quality first and most importantly which my 970 delivers when its working. I think if all this wouldn't have happened that Outlaw would have made a name for itself to a quite a few people now given the amount of discerning ears that come here to pick up tapes and listen to the final cuts.

Maybe I need to just move on, I don't know.