Actually, I suspect (and I've said it before) that they'd prefer to have the 1070 shipping now so they could be making money off of it - I tend to believe that a receiver has a larger potential market than a processor, meaning a higher sales volume. Plus, I doubt a company Outlaw's size could afford the expense of developing and manufacturing a product that then sat in a warehouse.

I do think that the 1070 is a big part of why the 990 was developed - the features and procing suggest a product that would cannibalize a lot of their 950 sales, since folks would get it to use as a pre/pro instead of getting the 950. And for that, I will now thank the 1070 - we appreciate its silent encouragement of the development of a product that has as much potential as the 990.