Unfortunately I can only report what my wife and I heard, or thought we heard. Can't really tell you why it sounded that way. But there was a significant difference in the sound.

One thing I forgot to mention is that I was running all the pre/pros through a Rotel RMB1075 amp. That's one reason I was so surprised that the Rotel didn't work out. I figured, "Same brand, the Rotel has to outshine the Outlaw." It didn't. The Outlaw pre/pros just sound so much more pleasing to my ear that I couldn't justify the extra $'s on the Rotel 1068. At the time the 1068 was almost twice the price of the 950. I knew that 950's were fetching very good prices on Ebay (I ended up making a killing on mine) so I took up my spot on the reservation list for the 990.

later,
Simp