Anyone use the Outlaw Preamps/Reciever
robh3606 -- Thu, 02/09/2006 - 11:39
I have been thinking of getting a new preamp and was wondering how the users like the Outlaws?? They sure look good!
Rob :)
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I got the RetroReceiver back in November. It's not THE tool for me, but that wasn't my intention going in ... I really bought it as a one-box solution for aging Mom-in-law who lives with us; with the RR, she can AM/FM surf with the remote while I'm at work (and not have to mess with the reference pre, tuner and amp). I just move the speaker cables from my PX-25 amp to the RR and she's set to hang ten all day.
It certainly sounds fine when I feed the signal of my TRL-modified Sony 2000 into it for all day background music during a protracted large-group gatherings. You'd be very hard pressed to do better at this price point ... in fact, I don't think you could, even at twice the price. For example, my $1,300-ish AudioZone chip-based integrated delivers more on the tube-like palpability front, but suffers a slight loss of extension in the upper end, and offers less than half the power (if you need it) and none of the other (many!) amenities of the RR.
With some warmish (think Vandersteen) speakers, it's killer, just like the price. With a MM/MC phono stage, tone controls (and defeat!), and the ability plug your iPod into the front, you get to go from retro to future in $600 flat. I've already set-up three toe-dipping audio newbies (tube o phobes) with systems that include the unit. Add the Vandy 1c at $800 and a Sony 595 at $150, and you're jammin' for under $1600 (plus cabling). Crave the needle? Another $315 for an entry level Music Hall unit (with cart) and you can be groovin', too, for under $2k.
While it won't make everyone's dreams come true, I'm sure that Napoleon Dynamite would say, "friggin' sweet :!: "
Neil Gader reviews the Outlaw controller and amplifier in the upcoming issue of The Absolute Sound.
Robert Harley
Manoj Motwani reviews the new Outlaw Model 1070 AVR in the upcoming TPV 68. You may find his insights illuminating.
I believe Jim Hannon also has a review of Outlaw's new stereo receiver in the works for TAS.
Best,
Chris Martens
Audio Editor, The Perfect Vision
Senior Writer, The Absolute Sound
Chris Martens
Editor, Avguide.com/Playback/The Perfect Vision