On the one hand, the Denon is a somewhat newer design - the feature sets are pretty close, with a few notable additions showing up on the Denon that may or may not be an issue in a secondary system (HDMI v1.1 inputs being probably the most significant example) - which may or may not give the Denon an edge depending on what hardware you're pairing it with. On the other hand, you are familiar with and like the sound of Outlaw's receivers and amps - which may give the Outlaw an edge since you could reasonably expect it to be a nice evolution of the old 1050.