Are the "Outlaws" for real?

A friend of mine has the Outlaw 1050 receiver, and I have listened to it for about 10 hours. In my opinion, it is every bit as good as the reviews have said -- infact, I do not think it is accurate to call the Outlaw "mid-fi". It provides a good taste of entry-level high-end audio, and is (again, IMO) a terrific value. Based on my experience with the 1050, I think it is a signficantly better receiver than all but the most expensive Sony, Denon, etc., receivers.

Bear in mind that because Outlaw sells direct to buyers via the Internet, there is no retail markup. If they were selling their products through a retail dealer, their prices would be roughly doubled.

I checked into their pre / pro and it appears to be built to a pretty low standard, seems to be plagued by quality control problems and suffers from a higher than normal noise floor. All of this plus quirky operation of the remote. Hearing these words come from actual owners of the units was enough to scare me away. Other than that, the pre / pro very much resembles some slightly older, "plastic" NAD gear cosmetically. I think that the pre / pro is one of those products that they built tons of features into the chassis but forgot to leave room for the quality. If you get a good one, they are supposed to be a great buy for the money. If you don't get a good one... Sean
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I own outlaws 1050for 2 years now,this one is as good as
the vantas, IMHO for the price of this is so hard to
beat, Yes I totally agree the review is extremely
accurate.But for the money, if you will only use
once in a while it will serve a good porpuse,BUT THE
SERVICE IS VERY VERY GOOD.ARE YOU TAKING THE RISK IN
BUYING IT, WITH RESPECT TO SEAN I SAY NO,I THINK THEY
HAVE ALSO 30 DAYS MONEY BACK GUARANTEE.midfi a bit over
than that.Try them this are very professional people
you wont be disappointed.