I had to spend the afternoon with Peter and listen to their new THX-certified sub and new (soon to be released into the Wild) home theater processor.

The recent review by Jim Milton of the RR2160 in Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity clearly references the 976 -- http://hometheaterhifi.com/reviews/recei...eceiver-review/


Impatient folks can criticize the way that estimates of shipping dates are made but the fact is in today's consumer electronics marketplace it is increasingly common to have deal with production glitches. Even multi-billion dollar firms can't avoid -- https://www.macrumors.com/2017/08/01/apple-still-unable-to-meet-airpods-demand/
AND
https://www.androidcentral.com/editors-desk-google-horrible-supply-chains

If two of the most well funded firms ON THIS PLANET have issues I am willing to cut Outlaw, which even in the most generous estimate has a value orders of magnitude smaller, a whole lot of slack...

The recent review by Jim Milton of the RR2160 in Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity clearly references the 976 -- http://hometheaterhifi.com/reviews/recei...eceiver-review/


Impatient folks can criticize the way that estimates of shipping dates are made but the fact is in today's consumer electronics marketplace it is increasingly common to have deal with production glitches. Even multi-billion dollar firms can't avoid -- https://www.macrumors.com/2017/08/01/apple-still-unable-to-meet-airpods-demand/
AND
https://www.androidcentral.com/editors-desk-google-horrible-supply-chains

If two of the most well funded firms ON THIS PLANET have issues I am willing to cut Outlaw, which even in the most generous estimate has a value orders of magnitude smaller, a whole lot of slack...

Impatient folks can criticize the way that estimates of shipping dates are made but the fact is in today's consumer electronics marketplace it is increasingly common to have deal with production glitches.

Fellow Outlaws:

We know that you are anxious to get your hands on the forthcoming Model 976, and we are just as anxious to get it to you.

That said, given the date, it is obvious that it will ship a bit later than we had hoped. There is a continual battle to find the balance between pre-announcing new products, as we did for the Model 976 versus waiting to announce them until the are ready to ship, as we did with the RR 2160 and Ultra X13. Regardless, whenever we announce a new product it is very important to us that any new product ships only when it is ready, not before. We're not quite at that point yet for the Model 976

It's been said that it's "The first 99% is easy. It's the last 1% that is the hardest." That is a good summary of where we are. We have units under test that are completely functional and which deliver outstanding audio and video performance. We've completed work with Room EQ Wizard that is optimized for the Model 976. We have the parts staged and ready for production start. That's the "99%".

Unfortunately, there is that remaining 1%. There are a few remaining issues that have cropped up that we are simply not comfortable having in a production product. None, by themselves, are fatal. However, collectively they would prevent the Model 976 from meeting our expectations. Yes, it will take until after our goal of "before the end of spring" to work all of this out. Since some of these things are interdependent it is to say how long it will take, but it shouldn't be that long.

Again, thanks for your support, patience and understanding as we work to bring you the product you expect and deserve.