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Originally posted by Pythagore:
I've been reading the AVS Forum for 3 years now and never found any Outlaw basher there. As a matter of fact, I found so many Outlaw supporters there sometimes, I asked myself whether they have some kind of connection to the company. But, I realized they probably love Outlaw products, the same way I love my Klipsch products. Actually, I decided to try Outlaw product after reading so many positive feedbacks from the AVS forum.
Pythagore, this is the last I will have to say about this because engaging in this conversation is like beating my head against a wall. You can't help those who refuse to be helped.

Please read this AVS thread, page 4, where Razvanel (a Outlaw Basher for years and has been banned from the 2nd largest HT/Audio forum because of his over the top hatred towards Outlaw) proudly mentions your "review" to rub it in to Outlaw owners. After reading your entire review, about 5 or 6 posts later he even concedes that you don't know what you are doing.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=548867
So, you can believe what you want or you can believe the people and experts who have been in this hobby for a long, long time.

It's statements like these:
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Both the HK525 and the Stage one at -30dB I can feel my sofa shaking [Big Grin] , but the 990 needed to be set to +4dB for the same output.
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First, I noticed, the HK volume range is around -76dB to +10dB the 990 is -76dB to +8dB. With the HK in stereo my volume level is usually set to -35dB (-28dB for moderate listening). With the 990 even at -19dB the thing is nowhere near the level the HK(-28dB) put out.
that make people who understand this stuff either laugh at you or shake their head. If you can't understand the glaring flaws in your statements then you should go back and study how to calibrate a system since you refuse to take advice from anyone. Just look at every post that has responded to you. The one thing they have in common is that most are trying to help correct your confusion about db levels, yet you choose to throw out your education credentials as if to say you can't be wrong since you are so smart.

Congratulations on your engineering degree, but if their curriculum was based on teaching you how to be an expert in handling HT processors then I would demand my money back. Seriously.