I heartily agree with the Outlaws “Open Letter” response to the review.

I think that some of J.J.’s “pass/fail benchmarks” are either personal preferences or merely a reflection of what mass-market receivers have been doing, such as touting the inability to maintain full power across all channels as a feature, i.e. more watts for two channels in stereo mode - again a design choice, not a pass/fail. Where is the category that gives a 'green' to the 1070 and a 'red' to most other receivers over the ability to select different crossover points for fronts, center, side and back surrounds? By summing things up in pass/fail manner that ignores some criteria, J.J. fails to point out some of the positive aspects of some of the design choices made by the Outlaws.

The green-red review system fails in my way of thinking.

Once I got over the “shock” of the green-red approach, I was able to read past the colors. What is sad for Outlaw is that some questioning buyers may not.