I ended up buying a DHC 80.1, and now that I'm considering replacing it I came back to see where Outlaw was, and it seems like only yesterday we were all waiting 1 1/2 yrs for the vapor wear 997..which is listed as a discontinued processor.. never made is more accurate. I can wait for Christmas again, but at some point I'll just buy a good balanced audio pre-pro and ditch the receivers for a video switcher. I get tired of waiting for EE's to do their thing. I can appreciate making a good product..just timely is better.