Since I own both I'll throw in my $0.02 . I owned a 950 (along with a 770 and cables)for 62 months when it became non functioning. I had been having issues with the unit resetting all parameters to the factory default every time the power blipped. When the unit was new it happened very infrequently but as the years went by it seemed to happen almost weekly. Outlaw services response was that "It is not uncommon for the 950 to behave that way". Shortly there after the IR stopped working, still usable but try setting all the parameters through the front panel ...... not fun.

I thought about buying a 990 as a replacement but I couldn't get over the fact that the 950 was dying after only 5 years. Given the fact I paid over $900 5 years ago I couldn't bring myself to throw more money at it for a repair. I needed something and wasn't feeling much love for Outlaw at the time so I decided to give the Emotiva MMC-1 a 30 day try ..... zero regrets.

I do make comparisons between any of these units and my trusty JVC receiver that I bought in '81. It has been in the garage for over 20 years, temperature swings from 0 to 100 degrees throughout the year and has never failed to deliver.

I personally don't draw any parallels between company size and quality of product. I consider the 770 a very high quality product but the 950 not so much anymore. As for the MMC-1 only time will tell.