Remember that people with problems come to the forums, many people with no problems never post, so I wonder just how prevalent some of these problems are (not that it’s consoling if it’s you with the problem).

I haven't heard of many having the bottom plate problem (besides me), and Outlaw offered to fix it for me. It’s a stamped metal plate, and only a cosmetic issue (and in the back of the amp), so I put it on the back burner. I began to have a problem with one of my other amps, I got a static sound and it would drop out intermittently. I sent two amps back to Outlaw for service (the intermittent problem and the worst bottom plate). Steve recommended FedEx ground as the most economical way to send the amps to them (it cost $7.50 each). They tightened up the bottom plate, but Steve could not reproduce the audio problem, and they shipped both amps back to me.

I watched Kill Bill 1 & 2 before I had the problem reoccur (four hours of use). I swapped the amp from my right channel to my left channel, leaving all the wiring where it was, and now I had the problem in the left channel. I called Steve, and he overnighted me a new amp. He thinks it’s probably a relay, but did this without being able to replicate my problem when he had the amp.

I’ve had problems with all sorts of stuff I’ve purchased, and rarely do you get the kind of top-notch customer service that I’ve experienced with Outlaw. If you have a problem with an M200, or any Outlaw product, you can rest assured that they will work very hard to make you happy.

Regarding your other issues:
(1)Low level hiss from speakers...can hear from a few feet away? No. I have to be within 6 inches to hear hiss
(2)Bottom plate separating/bowing ? Yes. The replacement amp’s plate is totally snug to the body, I’ll check this over time to see if I originally got a “bad batch”.
(3)Buzzing sounds from Transformer? No.
(4)Auto turn on (music mode) too sensitive...turns on at random times even with receiver off? No. Running 7.1, there were a lot of stretches over longer than 15 minutes with no sound in the rear channels, I found my amps turning OFF. I recently purchased a bunch of trigger cables, and the amps all switch on and off with my 950 (with a joyous chorus of clicks).

When I had to box up my 2 amps to send off to Outlaw I was thinking that maybe I should have bought the 770 in the first place. But then I reconfigured my amps so that I had 5.1 while the two amps were out of my system, and realized that I had made the “right” decision in the first place.