Afternoon all. Here is the situation. I had recently bought a Yamaha Aventage 1030 receiver to drive my Klipsch RF82's and RC62 and Polk Rt800i rears. They sent me 2 of these receivers on accident and upon calling them 3 times, they never issued a call tag to pick it up. It has been 4 months now, so I sold it to a friend for about $100 less than what I paid for it. I found a good deal on a used 1 year old 7500 and snagged that up (glad I did) I am currently using it as a pre-amp for my 7500 and was wondering would it be beneficial to sell it and get the 975? Are the DAC's and video processing better? Any insight is much appreciated!

Your post was a bit confusing. What is the make and model of the preamp you are using now?

It's really not confusing at all Nancy.

In his first five sentences, he is basically bragging about Yamaha shipping him two 1030 receivers in error, and only charging him for one. He sold the extra Yamaha receiver to a friend, basically getting the one he kept for next to nothing.

Now he wants to know if the Outlaw 975 could best the Yamaha 1030 as a video and audio processor, with the 7500 providing the power.

Jim, I was not bragging thank you, I was merely explaining the situation with my pre amp/receiver. I tried to get them to send a call tag to pick it up. You can save the sanctimonious disposition.

If it's this one:

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_022RXA1030/Yamaha-AVENTAGE-RX-A1030.html

I wouldn't consider the 975 to be an upgrade at all. I'd stick with what you have and definitely use the 7500 for amplification.

Best,

Thanks for a reasonable response. I appreciate it. Just didn't want for people to ask why I was upgrading from the Yamaha to anything else

I would definitely stick with the Yamaha. Using the 7500 for the main amps you could set it up for 9 channels if you wanted or bi-amp your mains and go with seven. I love Outlaw but the 975 is not comparable to the Yamaha as far as features and it doesn't have an amp.

How would the sound quality compare on the 975 to the Yamaha?
I have an rx-z1 that I was considering replacing with the 975/7125 combo. But I don't want to sacrifice much in the way of sound quality. Features I don't care so much about as I don't use 90 percent of them anyways.

We have a 30 day in home trial. That is the only way you will know for sure if the Outlaw combo will sound good to you. If you decide to return the units, all you will be out of pocket is the outbound shipping.

That way you can hear it in your own room with your own speakers.

I suspect (and of course I work here)... that you will LOVE the sound of the 975

Thanks for the reply Nancy!
What current Yamaha model would you rate the sound of the 975/7125 as being comparable to?