I can say that I am tired of reading about the what if's, maybe, the delay for this reason or the other. The end story is the 978 is not available now and probably is not going to be available for a few more months and perhaps not until Christmas. I think if people need a new processor they should not wait and hold onto their loyalty but rather they should be filling this forum with what they decided to buy and how it supports their HT and audio needs.
Honestly this has been a drag getting on this Forum wondering if there is going to be any news from (with all respect) P.T., or Scott.

Looks like Marantz has a new line of receivers that offer a lot at reasonable prices.
Will the gang at Outlaw be competitive on processor level in comparison to these new Marantz SR series receivers.

http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Marant...Receivers.shtml