Perhaps I should have included the limiting condition of "HDCP Compliant HDMI pre-pro with room correction" to clarify that my recollection of what the 978 has been promised to be is signficantly different than pre-amps of the previous era.

I rather doubt that Inkel will be the manufacturing partner for the 978 and like GaryB I tend to think that the only way to get a 978 will be through Outlaw.