Contacted Outlaw, Sherborn and Atlantic to see what plans were regarding 950 base unit and DPLIIx ....

Outlaw: sent very well thought out prepared statement stating basically that they didn't have final code from Dolby labs, and without this, they couldn't be sure if it would within memory of Cirrus Processing Chip.

Atlantic: Peter Tribeman personally answered my inquiry. Said basically same thing and elucidated that the Bass Management in these units takes a lot of code space.

Sherborn: Said that discrete 7 channel algorithm was exclusive to Harman, and they had no plans to modify unit. (Not sure if person who replied had really heard of PLIIx before)

So that's it. I think that it's probably going to be some time before we know:

1. Most importantly, whether PLIIx even makes enough sonic difference to be a "must-have" feature ...

2. Whether 950 can be upgraded or if a potential customer who REALLY wanted PLIIx should wait for next model.

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