I have tried to contact outlaw for a few questions but they always seem to be busy robbing a bank or something illegal. At any rate, does anyone know if the 970 or any other Outlaw receiver/processor can overlay DPLIIx on the multichannel imputs?

They should offer this as software upgrade if not since there is no HDMI this is the only way to get 7.1 from HD-DVD or Blu-Ray. I also enjoy multichannel SACD (most of my music listening is SACD) with PLIIx music decoding to 7.1 channels. I know Harman Kardon does this but I am looking to get separates and was just waiting for a true firmware fix. The 970 is very tempting especially due to the analog bass management.