That would imply that the end game is about increasing quality rather than increasing their margins (which is really the only reason you'd outsource all this stuff to China in the first place).

With the exception of existing customers who still have a soft spot for Outlaw, I'm not sure where they hope to sell these things when you consider the wide variety of competing product that's already on the shelves at price points that Outlaw can't hope to match. At some point, they'll have to sort out whether they want to be in the quality business or the "moving lots of lower end product" business. The latter is already quite crowded with companies with significantly more resources.

I really wish Outlaw would focus their scarce resources on segments where they could differentiate themselves and offer real value. The more budget-minded "audiophile" market is sorely lacking an affordable digital multi-channel amp. Come out with something with spec's similar to the 7700 and a high efficiency digital design and folks would beat a path to their door.

Or they can just continue the path towards hawking other people's equipment with their "tweaks" and faceplate. Maybe that's what they want after all?

Best,