I ran into the no audio problem just a few minutes ago again...this is one of the worst 'episodes' I've had in a long time. I haven't used my system in a week, and I sat down to listen to some music (2 channel, analog) via my Oppo. Everything powered up, no sound. No volume control via remote. No volume control via knob on unit. Remote doesn't respond at all, except to power off. I shut off the master power switch, waited a few minutes, powered back on. (That usually solves the problem). No good. Did this 3 more times after powering up and attempting to use the remote. I powered down again and unplugged the 970, found the number for Outlaw support and picked up the phone, plugged it back in, and presto, now it works. This took me about 15 minutes to go through all this and get up and running. Really not acceptable. I'm not sure what I'm going to do, but when this happens it drives me nuts. I really enjoy the sound of my Outlaw gear (when the 970 works) but I'm really thinking about selling it all and moving on.