I'm afraid I couldn't wait and bought an Onkyo Pro 885 with the Audyssey room EQ set-up. Simply incredible performance difference from my old Sony ES set-up. Kal R. from Stereophile told me this would happen, but I didn't believe him until I installed the 885 in my HT. Loudspeakers and room acoustics are no longer the big drivers they used to be - the processor can easily level out differences between rooms AND the loudspeakers !!!

I didn't believe it either, but I will tell you it is true. Mr. Mackwood - the world has indeed changed - digital signal processing, applied intelligently, trumps everything else.

I am hopeful the Model 997 will do well - The Outlaws are a great company, but Onkyo is also putting out a great product at a very competitive price - I got my 885 for less than $ 1000 and the new 886 / Integra 9.9 has a street price of less than $ 1500.00 Trinnov will have to be significantly better than Audyssey to win many of these sales back.