True enough. But that's a pretty amazing set of overlapping features that would be for sale on the same website, especially for a pre-pro that will cost more than this receiver.

My secret hope is that this means that Outlaw actually is about to release a pre-pro that is a bit different. That is, that Outlaw is about to announce that, yes, they've had a pre-pro in beta... but actually it's the 998! And it's got Trinnov! And Dolby Volume! And it all works!

Yes, I know, that's unlikely. But it would be nice.