Nice review. I am long time Outlaw customer myself. I owned the 950 prepro and original 750 amp. The sound of my 976 is much better than I expected. I listen to all my music through the 7.1 analog input because I like the dacs in my Oppo 205 but I also tried the dacs in the 976 and they impressed me as well.

Hope you get to run REW. I ran it with good results for my 976 but I am only using the EQ filters generated for my sub. My main speakers had a decent response without the EQ.