Rob.
Once again the outlaw amps proved extremely helpful. I am glad to know that othgers have experienced the same. So congrats to you, too.

In fact I am going to replace my preamp(s) [takes two of them since that particular room is a 4 ch room] with a 970 pre/pro. May be "overkill" but WTF (or W.T.H.). I am currently using two Crown SL2 preamps for the 4 channels. I found that the 990's 7.1 direct with my choice of assignment does well in the living room (hybrid 5.1 and 4 ch). So in my 4 ch room the 970 will use 7.1 for the 4 ch. Other inputs will be stereo, bypass or upsample depending. Most of the equipment there is analog. One coax one optical. Video not needed. A major advantage will be the remote, which I don't have now. This is in my "office".....

Hey !!!!! You outlaws with "offices" does this mean tax deduction????

Scott: good selling point??