Audio Flynn Posted February 10, 2001 Share Posted February 10, 2001 I have been agonizing over the purchase of a new HT receiver. The Outlaw 1050 seems pretty interesting. I have RB5s. Please comment if you have personal experience with their equipment. I have read most of the web reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a/c Posted February 13, 2001 Share Posted February 13, 2001 Hi Audio, I'm currently using an Outlaw 1050, w/ Paradigms. That receiver is a beast! I would recommend taking them up on the 30 days home trial. Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider124 Posted February 13, 2001 Share Posted February 13, 2001 I have the RF-3's with the 1050 receiver. It sounds great. I won't tell you all the stuff you already know about it, except to say that it works wonderfully with Klipsch and sounds much better than the couple Denon receivers I tried w/ the RF-3s. Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vtec Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 Charlie - Which Denon's did you try? I am interested in Denon, Marantz, Sony and Outlaw. Thanks. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider124 Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 I listened to a 2800 and a 3300, I think. They were sub $1000 receivers which was what I was looking at. I had narrowed it down to these, and I borrowed a friend's 1050. And I listened to them, and I just said to myself 'What the hell?' The outlaw just plain sounds better, even though the one denon cost nearly twice as much. So I bought my own Outlaw. It rocks. Don't know what else to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vtec Posted February 15, 2001 Share Posted February 15, 2001 Charlie - Thanks for the reply. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purerockfox Posted February 15, 2001 Share Posted February 15, 2001 That's weird...I demoed the Outlaw 6 months ago and did a side by side with the Denon 3300. To me, the Denon was the champ. Much warmer, and a bit more power. Denon has the 3801 available now, with an incredible list of capablilites. I would try the Outlaw on the 30 day trial and see if you can audition a 3801 during the 30 days to do a side by side. I use B&W speakers, so this may have made the difference. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider124 Posted February 16, 2001 Share Posted February 16, 2001 fox, Well, there's no accounting for taste! Just kidding. My setup is a little peculiar, with vacuum tube output on my CD player and a rather.... unusual preamp. Also, I was running to the direct 5.1 inputs for my listening tests (I took the case off my 1050, and I BELIEVE when you run direct there aren't even any op-amps in the signal path, pretty nice. Volume control is done with a digital potentiometer, which isn't GREAT, but works OK. I've thought about replacing it, but don't want to void my warranty JUST YET.) Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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