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Perhaps not new to the world, but new to me. I've only heard this song twice, and it's practically unbearable for me to hear (in a good way, like five for fighting's 100 years). Since my surgery, I have a condition they call 'emotional incontinence' (my uncle would say I'm a cry baby), and moments like these are almost too much. chorus and nearby Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - If We Were Vampires

Sadly I am coming to that same conclusion. I bought this budget receiver from accessories4less for~$300 and have not been disappointed by its performance. I do find it ironic that I have so little invested in the "brains" of the system and so much invested in Carver amplification.

Another option is to look at last year's models or factory-refurbished units, which drop in price. For example Accessories4Less sometimes has good pricing on Processors.

Brian Culbertson "Northern Lights" from Winter Stories released Oct 2019

Daniel Ho & Suzhou Masters "Embroidering Melodies" released Sept 2019

Jeffs, Thanks for the research and input. I found myself going down the bunny hole as well. My initial thinking was that I should replace my receiver since I have no need for amplification and I've had the impression that the Yamaha pre-outs signal was not strong enough. It made sense to me that I would rather have a unit that focused on the pre outs for 5.1 music and had the HDMI capability that I was looking for. However, I'm finding that most of the separates have a ton of features that I don't need and cost a lot more than I want to spend. I agree that the Outlaw looks suspect. I'd prefer to spend money with a domestic company like Emotiva, but I haven't quite found anything that fits my needs.

My Yamaha appears to be dying. Clicks and pops when it changes sources, noisy outputs when there is no source content. I need to check the cabling tonight, hopefully there is just a loose connection, otherwise it's days are numbered. The emotiva mc-700 has less features than the Outlaw, but it's $200 less and it looks to be able to change the displayed name. I had a chat with a guy from Outlaw and basically told him this issue would prevent me from spending $1K with his company .... big oversight. In the end, Outlaw does not seem to be what they say they are ........ I believe their unit is just a re-branded Chinese unit, not their own design ..... From their site: "Outlaw designs and manufactures its own brand of high performance audio/video components" Look at the Fortex DE4348 or the Sonodyne DE4348 next to the Outlaw 976 ....... they all look the same to me ... hmmmm..... I'm probably just going to buy another Yammy when my current unit becomes unbearable.

Coco Montoya's tenth solo album was released August 23, 2019 on Alligator records. Red-hot blues/rock guitarist, vocalist, and fan favorite Coco Montoya is revved up and rocking the house on his new album Coming In Hot, which hits the pavement August 23rd, 2019 on Alligator Records. Montoya is almost four decades into his blues career and displays the kind of masterful touch as both a guitarist and front man on his new record that only comes from giving one’s life over to the musical art. Produced by Tony Braunagel, Coming In Hot features Montoya doing his guitar-and-vocal show in front of an A-List band and contains no shortage of wonderful moments. Coco shows more taste, melodic sense, and creativity than most modern-day blues guitar players and he becomes more inspiring and engaging the closer you listen. The full review is available here.

Nicholas Cole "The Weekend" from the album The Weekend released August 2019

David Benoit "David Benoit & Friends" released August 2019

Chris Rea One Fine Day was released on October 18, 2019 on Rhino. Welcome to the Rea world… One Fine Day was originally recorded in 1980 but was never released as a single body of work and this edition comprises previously unreleased tracks, plus some that have been re-recorded. Here's a previously released version of One Fine Day from the Soft Top movie soundtrack

The Altered Five Blues Band new album, Ten Thousand Watts, was released on September 6, 2019 via Blind Pig Records.