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Not too purty, is it They never have been known for their looks, though.

I was looking at the specs of the 990. I am amazed a thing that big only weighs 28 lbs.

Me slow brain still needs to learn that receiver power isn't always directly related to weight.

Its not a receiver, its a preamp/processor so it doesn't have all the heavy transformer/power supply wieght of receivers & amps.

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Its not a receiver, it's a preamp/processor so it doesn't have all the heavy transformer/power supply weight of receivers & amps.

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Oops.....my bad. Someone must have spiked my diet Sunkist.

huh, and see I think it looks great.

Well its big enough to be a good sized receiver.

I'm with ringmir. I think it looks pretty good -- especially compared to what they used to look like. At least it doesn't have the green button!

I owned a B&K Ref 30 for a while, and I never understood why people thought that looked good. As usual, there's no accounting for tastes and preferences!

Rich

Speaking only of it's appearance, I don't find it particularly attractive, but neither do I find it particularly ugly. I feel it's a definite improvement on the 950. I don't feel any "WOW" factor, but I could easily live with it.

Though I've not "heard" it in operation, it seems to offer a lot of features at a reasonable price.

I own a Sherwood/Newcastle P-965, which the Outlaw 990 is based, or vice-versa.

The thinking about using that chassis size is that it could also be used as a receiver, thus saving costs on another chassis. In fact, Sherwood/Newcastle does have a receiver version called the R-965 which is th receiver whatfurrer owns.

I actually like the looks of the Outlaw over the Sherwood/Newcastle

And it looks almost identical to the unit on the bottom of Curtis' A/V rack...although the knobs may be larger on the receiver...but that may be an illusion due to the length of the picture though...

Heavy monster though...although I may need some outboard amps to help fill my new room...

WhatFurrer