speaking for myself (and probably KCB), the situation has been thought to death.

conclusion:

the 950's analog BM ain't broke. it operates according to design. just flip it on and enjoy dvd-a/sacd. it's an excellent preamp for that. and, if you have a player with high end dacs, watch (listen to) a movie through the 6 channel bypass with the 80 hz x-over engaged. it's excellent for that, too.


this is right out of the box capability, for 900 bucks.

the reasoning for the double bass 'option' was a sound one, for some systems, back when.
but, the 'mod' would make more sense in the nex-gen preamp.

i happen to believe that outlaw has a very good handle on BM. the ICBM (and it's world-wide success) cosigns my opinion on this.

i've declared first-in-line status for the new pre (a long, long while back). it's gonna be all that.