I have a Sony. But I don't know how you can compare them. They are from different technology generations. The Sony, while a fine sounding piece o' gear, and with bass management that actually does what it's supposed to, still doesn't have DD EX, DTS-ES, 6.1 or 7.1 soundfields ("virtual" doesn't count), DPL II, 5.1 analog inputs; does have 24/96 DACs but not the 24/192's the Outlaw does, ...

I would imagine that overall sound quality would be "close" between them, but *I* am upgrading simply because of the additional features.