From what we saw of the Sherwood at CES, it'd be a nice platform for Outlaw to build on (balanced outputs in place of the binding posts, ...), but I'm still dubious about Sherwood getting the receiver out by the end of the summer since the hardware sample at CES was still being modified (adding two more HDMI inputs). There's so much engineering to be done that I'd be absolutely stunned to see something with HDMI v1.3 before the end of the year from anybody short of Sony, Yamaha, Pioneer, or maybe Denon.

Of course, Outlaw could deviate from the 990 release model (announce it when the first shipment of product is on a freighter) and unveil the next generation product early...