It seems to me that my choice comes down to this in the end:

1) Buy the 1050, and go with the receiver that's been drawing rave reviews (I just discovered Stereophile voted it budget product of the year last year, too), or
2) Go with the Denon, which as far as I know has not been reviewed by anyone, is basically a shot in the dark, and is based on the assumption Denon will put into it the same amount of high quality engineering they put into the 1802.

I actually auditioned the Denon, and I would rate it as probably about average in my opinion. Of course, auditioning the Outlaw is going to be a bit trickier...