I need some help trying to decide wether to sell my current rig and become an Outlaw myself.

Here is a list of my equipment:
- Parasound P/SP 1500 Prologic preamp
- Parasound P/DD 1500 Dolby Digital decoder
- Parasound HCA 1203 140 watts x 3 amp
- Parasound HCA 750 75 watts x 2 amp
- Sony C222ES SACD player
- Denon DVD 1600 DVD/DVD-A player
- Vandersteen 2CE Signature mains
- Vandersteen center

But here's what I've got going on with it...
I can't use the PDD 1500 Dolby Digital decoder because it doesn't accept the 96 KHz bitstream from the Denon DVD player and there is no provision for downsampling the bitstream to 48 KHz. Therefore, I'm using the built-in Dolby Digital and DTS decoders on the Denon (yuck!). To make things worse, the PSP 1500 Preamp's 5.1 input uses only a DB25 connector! The difference in sound between the DB25 and RCA connection is profound! I can't believe DB25 was ever used with how bad it sounds. So I'd like to upgrade the preamp with a more up-to-date model.

OK, what I have an opportunity to do is sell all of the Parasound gear and replace it with Outlaw. I was thinking of getting the 950/755 combo with 2 M200s, but still run it as a 5.1 system (biamp the Vandersteen 2 CEs).

However, I'm a little skeptical about the Outlaw gear. I've read a lot of reviews, both online and in magazines, and everyone seems to love the Outlaws. I'm convinced that I'd be upgrading by leaps and bounds for HT, but I don't want to do it at the expense of 2 channel music.

I am a devout 2 channel audiophile. I only listen to the stereo tracks on both DVD-A and SACD. I'd say I spend 85% of my time with music and 15% with HT. However, I am very critical of the sound during that 15% I spend with HT.

My complaints with the Parasound on 2 channel playback is that it is quite forward sounding and brutally fatiguing on badly recorded discs. There is also some edge to the upper midrange. However, I absolutely love how tall and wide the soundstage is. Coupled with the Vandersteens the Parasound throws out a HUGE soundstage, albeit a little forward. I'd like to achieve a deepening of the soundstage and gain some warmth on the upper mids.

In the Jan/Feb 2003 issue of the Perfect Vision, Wayne Garcia describes the Outlaw's sound as being "beautiful, sweet and warm" for 2 channel music. I wanted to get people's feedback on this. How does the 950/755 sound for music? Does it really sound warm like Wayne Garcia says? Does it throw a big soundstage?

My Parasound gear retailed for about $4000 back in it's day. Could a $2600 rig of today sound better? (particularly with the mains biamped using 4 200 watt channels!)

Other gear I was considering was of course the Rotel 1066 and amps, but I didn't really like it - too bright (demoed on Paradigm Studio 80s). I'm also considering the B&K Reference 50 pre/pro with Reference Amps, or McCormack MAP1 Preamp and DNA amps, but either of these routes would be way too expensive to do in one shot.

Sorry for the long message, but please help!