I don’t think there are many folks out there who use both Outlaw and NAD components –probably just because they are sold via completely different channels. Outlaw you can only buy directly from Outlaw over the Internet or phone, and NAD you can only buy from a full-service retailer (and there are not many) or authorized installer - not counting refurbished or the very few unauthorized options that are out there on NAD stuff. So a lot of folks probably fall largely into one camp or the other – either purchasing most of their gear online or purchasing most of their gear from a local source like an audio shop. That is just my crazy theory.

That being said, I have a NAD T973 7-channel amp with my Outlaw 990 prepro. I have been very happy with the amp. I was in a similar situation in that I have liked NAD amps in the past so that was a natural short-list choice for me for the amp. Outlaw seemed like the best value/money to me for the processor, and the T973 seemed like the best value/money to me for the amp (with some admitted bias for NAD based on history). The only downfall of the T973 to be warned of is that it has three fans and is fairly noisy. No problem for my setup because for me the amp is behind a wall, but if you have an open rack I could see where fan noise may occasionally be a problem. It looks like NAD gets around the fan noise problem on their new M25 amp (appears to be a slightly-tweaked T973) by reducing fan speed during quite passages (I bet they had to do something to fix the fan noise problem for a cert from the THX people – again just my crazy theory).