Good morning!
I have the '74TXVi with the M60's and it sounds very very good. As you can see from my sig, I have the 60's with M3's in the back, VP100, QS4's and an EP350. All sound excellent.
But if I had to do it all over again, I'm not sure I would go with the Pioneer. I have run into a couple of odd quirks and have gotten absolutely NO help from Pioneer in resolving them:
* Selecting HDMI as an input source means Audio HAS to come in that way too. That means you can't switch video with this receiver on a device with DVI output and use a different audio source (like Coax or Optical).
* There is something going on with the receiver when you select an HDMI source and then select something else. My DirecTV H20 receiver goes bananas when the Pioneer selects it. DirecTV doesn't know why and Pioneer won't respond.
* The little doors on the optical inputs are very fragile - I've already broken one, and once broken it won't grip the optical connector very well.
Having said all that, I am not about to change at this point. I've been able to work around all these little oddities, and it does sound great and runs very cool. I'd probably lose my shirt selling the receiver and it does sound great.
The Outlaw (www.outlawaudio.com) gear looks very good with an excellent customer-service reputation, but I'm sure it has its quirks too. As usual, YMMV.
-Brian n8wrl
