The Good
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1. All the available surround processing technology is there, every last mother's son of Dolby point-whatever.
I am looking forward to trying out Dolby Headphones on my Senn HD-600's.
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2. Trust me, you won't tell any difference between the Outlaw 990 and a Lexicon, Meridian, Rotel, Bryston, etc. operating in the same mode with the same settings.
Doesn't this somewhat contradict this statement?
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7. The 990 is a clear step up from the 950.
In any case, I believe it will be a step up. So I agree with 7, but disagree with 2. smile

The Bad
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3. It's big. In my case, that's no problem, but it might be for others.
This is my number one concern but I ordered and hopefully I can make it work.
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4. The USB port is on the @#$(&^*@! back of the unit!
I agree, this is strange. Kind of like when you go through a gated area and the guard house is on the passenger side.

The Worthless
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3. Phono input. The ever-decreasing number of record lovers likely already have a separate phono preamp, and the 990 can't handle moving coil cartridges anyway. It's like putting a rumble seat in a Jaguar, i.e., another unnecessary increase in cost.
I don't think a phono input is worthless. Maybe you won't use it, but I would imagine there is a good percentage that will. Also, unlike balanced inputs, I don't think a phono input added much to the cost.

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as Bill O’Reilly says, “I could be wrong.”
And he usually is. laugh