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#94504 - 11/01/14 08:45 AM Dolby announces Outlaw is now an Atmos Licensee.
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Gunslinger

Registered: 01/07/10
Posts: 149
Dear Fellow Outlaw:

With Dolby’s announcement today that the Outlaws are an Atmos licensee we wanted to take this opportunity to comment on our future product plans.

From the time we first heard home Atmos over 18 months ago we knew it was something we wanted to offer. We can now confirm that we are currently hard at work on our first Atmos product, an all-new, Outlaw exclusive, high-end surround processor. This unique product is still many months away with an estimated release date late in the second quarter of 2015.

If you have been reading the online forums you are already aware that Atmos is a very complex format, particularly with regard to the firmware. While some companies have begun shipping Atmos products, a number of major brands still have “Atmos-Ready” models that are waiting for a final firmware download. In addition, content will be gradually rolled out this fall as studios get up to speed.

With product quality, performance, and reliability being the essential qualities of any Outlaw product, we are deliberately taking a measured approach with regard to development and introduction date.

As befits a true high-end Atmos processor, it will be capable of 7.2.4 and will include other key technologies such as HDMI 2.0 with HDCP 2.2 and will utilize premium, audiophile grade components throughout the design. To accommodate those features and more, this state of the art processor price will be substantially higher than the Model 975. However, we will offer special programs for owners of current Outlaw processors so that present and future owners of the Model 975 can experience its award winning performance while being assured of an attractive pathway to this new processor.

To give you a brief insight into our plans, we are already at work with our factory team and US-based hardware and software consultants on the product architecture. This advanced product is based on a new dual DSP platform, an ARM processor, and will also include streaming capabilities plus some other technologies. Designed by us and built to our specifications, it will be a flexible, but easy-to-use product that will meet and in some cases exceed the needs of the most demanding home theater enthusiast. Even at this early stage, we are confident that this new product will be unlike anything else both in terms of features and performance.

As important is it is for us to address the inevitable questions that will surface from Outlaw being listed as an Atmos licensee, please remember that we are many months ahead of shipping. Therefore, it is important that we now enter a quiet period.

Having been down this road before, we feel that this acknowledgement is the right way to give you a view into our ongoing development activity so that when we are ready to release more information it will accurately detail our schedule.

The Outlaws


Edited by Outlaw Ben (11/05/14 10:58 AM)

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#94505 - 11/01/14 11:20 AM Re: Atmos Announces Outlaw as Licensee. [Re: admin]
XenonMan Offline
Desperado

Registered: 04/08/08
Posts: 2676
Loc: Columbus,North Carolina
The release speaks about former owners of Outlaw processors and then seems to specify the 975. Will the 990 owners be included in this group?
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Model 990/7500/Magnepan 1.6 QRs/Technics SL1200 MK2/Aperion S-12 Subwoofer/OWA3/Sony NS75H DVD
APC H15 Power Conditioner

TV System
Large Advent Loudspeakers/ Polk center/Monoprice surrounds/Panasonic Viera 42 inch/Onkyo HT-RC260/Sony BDP S590/Directv


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Onkyo PR-SC886/Outlaw 7125 Klipsch RF-82 L/R,RC-62 center, RB-35 SR/SL, BENQ HT1075, Outlaw LFM1-EX/OPPO BDP-83/Directv
Harmony ONE
Blue Jeans and Monoprice interconnects
APC H15 Power Conditioner

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#94506 - 11/01/14 12:34 PM Re: Atmos Announces Outlaw as Licensee. [Re: admin]
PeterT Offline
Gunslinger

Registered: 11/19/05
Posts: 263
Xenonman,

We will be creating programs for existing customers but since this product isn't scheduled to appear until the end of the second quarter and the final pricing has yet to be determined, it is way too premature to announce any specifics.

Peter

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#94507 - 11/02/14 09:55 AM Re: Atmos Announces Outlaw as Licensee. [Re: admin]
H Stevens Offline
Gunslinger

Registered: 06/29/09
Posts: 61
Loc: Rhode Island
I hope it matches the amps faceplate, or are the amps in for a facelift?


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#94510 - 11/03/14 09:54 PM Re: Atmos Announces Outlaw as Licensee. [Re: admin]
XenonMan Offline
Desperado

Registered: 04/08/08
Posts: 2676
Loc: Columbus,North Carolina
Thanks Peter. By next year I may be in the market for a new processor although my 990 is still going strong as my main music system.
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Music system
Model 990/7500/Magnepan 1.6 QRs/Technics SL1200 MK2/Aperion S-12 Subwoofer/OWA3/Sony NS75H DVD
APC H15 Power Conditioner

TV System
Large Advent Loudspeakers/ Polk center/Monoprice surrounds/Panasonic Viera 42 inch/Onkyo HT-RC260/Sony BDP S590/Directv


Home Theater System
Onkyo PR-SC886/Outlaw 7125 Klipsch RF-82 L/R,RC-62 center, RB-35 SR/SL, BENQ HT1075, Outlaw LFM1-EX/OPPO BDP-83/Directv
Harmony ONE
Blue Jeans and Monoprice interconnects
APC H15 Power Conditioner

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#94512 - 11/06/14 02:29 AM Re: Dolby announces Outlaw is now an Atmos Licensee. [Re: admin]
skiman Offline
Gunslinger

Registered: 09/03/08
Posts: 79
Loc: Golden. Colorado
Originally Posted By: admin

As befits a true high-end Atmos processor, it will be capable of 7.2.4 and will include other key technologies such as HDMI 2.0 with HDCP 2.2 and will utilize premium, audiophile grade components throughout the design.


Bingo! This just went to the top of my list of prepros. Wonder what type of room correction will be in it?
I know, I know, way too early to speculate. Hopefully something 'state of the art'.
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#94562 - 12/01/14 09:30 PM Re: Dolby announces Outlaw is now an Atmos Licensee. [Re: admin]
dandiodati Offline
Deputy Gunslinger

Registered: 03/18/01
Posts: 9
Loc: Dublin,CA
Can we put in any requests for this processor ? Like will it be able to be controlled via RS-232 ? Or even give feedback for remote controls ?
It would be cool if it could have internet based controls like the Marantz AV7702. For automation I really would like to see some kind of more exact controls unlike the outlaw 975.

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#94566 - 12/03/14 07:00 PM Re: Dolby announces Outlaw is now an Atmos Licensee. [Re: admin]
XenonMan Offline
Desperado

Registered: 04/08/08
Posts: 2676
Loc: Columbus,North Carolina
If the processor is coming out early next year it is probably beyond the point of changing its control schemes.
_________________________
Music system
Model 990/7500/Magnepan 1.6 QRs/Technics SL1200 MK2/Aperion S-12 Subwoofer/OWA3/Sony NS75H DVD
APC H15 Power Conditioner

TV System
Large Advent Loudspeakers/ Polk center/Monoprice surrounds/Panasonic Viera 42 inch/Onkyo HT-RC260/Sony BDP S590/Directv


Home Theater System
Onkyo PR-SC886/Outlaw 7125 Klipsch RF-82 L/R,RC-62 center, RB-35 SR/SL, BENQ HT1075, Outlaw LFM1-EX/OPPO BDP-83/Directv
Harmony ONE
Blue Jeans and Monoprice interconnects
APC H15 Power Conditioner

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#95206 - 07/21/15 03:36 PM Re: Dolby announces Outlaw is now an Atmos Licensee. [Re: admin]
marchewd Offline
Deputy Gunslinger

Registered: 09/17/02
Posts: 5
Loc: Broken Arrow, OK USA
Dolby Atmos 7.2.4 would be perfect. Will you have the option to be able to bi-amp your front speakers in a 7.2.4 configuration as well, like the Marantz 8802 (13 total channels)?

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