Outlaw Model 5000x 5000 x 5-Channel Power Amplifier | 5x120 Watts Continuous | High Current Amplifier | XLR & RCA Inputs |

Had over a year now. Use it to bi-amp my front towers and run my center channel. I have a cooler on top of it. Rarely see it get to 90f running it pretty hard. 90 is where I have it set for the fans to even come on. Great bang for the buck.

I don't write many reviews but for this amp I am enjoying it so much that I feel compelled to.I can't compare this amp to others as it's my first audio amplifier, but I can tell you about my personal experience and maybe it will apply to you. I'm sure I'm not the only guy running nice speakers in a home theater on an AVR alone.About 20 years ago I invested in some nice MBQuart Q1002S speakers and a Q series center as well as surrounds. They are 4ohm speakers but the entire time I've had them I've been running them on various Denon AVRs. They spent the last 8 years or so on a Denon 3808ci that I THOUGHT sounded pretty dang good. It could go loud but it always got a bit harsh at very high levels which I always attributed to the titanium tweeters in the Quarts.The Denon 3808ci has pre-outs so getting a nice amp was always a possibility. I just never thought it was needed nor did I want to pay 2k for something I didn't really care about. Ignorance is bliss, right?So then this amp comes along and after reading about it a bit I thought it would be a nice gift for my son-in-law. So my wife and I bought the amp and had two months to kill before christmas. I figure hey, why not stick it in my system and give it a go, right? Curiosity got the better of me.I'll tell you what happened first and then tell you how I feel about the sound.What happened was my son-in-law bought another amp from a friend and this one was no longer needed. I really liked what I heard after about a week of using it, but still didn't really think of it as something I had to have and we decided to box it up and send it back.BIG MISTAKE!When I had the amp and was playing music through it at one point I cranked it so loud that my wife from the other side of the house commented on facebook about how the entire house was vibrating but the sound was clear and clean and she really liked it. After we sent the amp back, the first time I tried to turn the same favorite song of hers up loud she got up and came in and said "OW, THAT HURTS"...the difference in sound was obvious, especially at those high levels, and frankly when my wife notices it that means it's REALLY obvious. She usually doesn't notice or care about things like that.We ended up lasting about a week without the amp, somehow being bery unhappy with the sound that we had been previously been ok with for 8 years! Finally decided to order one of these beauties for ourselves. The Outlaw 5000 is back and the sound is beautiful and we are very happy. Much clearer and warmer than the 3808ci by itself. As I said, my speakers are 4ohm so this amp is now driving all channels at 180wpc!!! If you have 4ohm speakers running on an AVR this amp is a no-brainer. It took a harsher, high-volume and turned it into effortless "sweet" volume. Even though the AVR says it's much higher volume than before, it seemed less "loud" if that makes sense. I never knew exactly what "effortless" meant regarding sound through speakers until I heard it for myself(although I've seen it written many times).I have often heard audiophile guys talk about how it's more important to get high end electronics than worry about the quality of your speakers. Not that your speakers don't matter but if they are driven by low-end electronics they aren't meeting their full potential. I can now speak to that from personal experience. I find myself turning the volume much higher on my AVR now with this amp. My speakers and my ears just love the difference.I was considering new speakers to upgrade but I think for 660.00 shipped this is about as big a bang-for-buck upgrade as I could've ever hoped for. My wife is usually not that enthusiastic about my ideas regarding home-theater upgrades, but she was all-in on this one after hearing the difference for herself. I think the key for us was to have it and get used to it and then have it taken away and having to live without it. Lots of frowning going on once that amp left the system. We just never realized what we were missing.If all you have is your Denon or your Pioneer or your Yamaha or whatever AVR driving your speakers you owe it to yourself to give this amp a listen. For us it completely changed the sound for the much better.

I read a lot about the Outlaw 5000 prior to buying on so I had my expectations set properly when I finally purchased one.First one arrived DOA. Look, it happens, especially with electronics. I've read several accounts of the same situation involving gear that cost $6500 and above. So again, it happens, no reason to leave poor feedback or deduct stars.Big Ben at Outlaw was a gentleman and shipped me a replacement right away.Luckily I work out so hauling around the 50 pounds beasts wasn't too bad. When the new unit arrived I made sure it powered up before installing it in my audio stand. It did, so in it went. I've had it in use for three days now and I couldn't be happier. I have this amp running my four JBL floorstanding speakers which I've owned for about 4 years now and I can say with all certainty they have never sounded better. In conjunction with my receiver driving the center and height speakers I am very, very happy with the audible improvement this amp has supplied. The largest improvement was the cleaning up of the low end. Bass is now much fuller while being smooth and nonabrasive. Especially at louder volumes. Yesterday I played Halo for hours at 70db and the amp barely was warm. This amp does in fact run cool like you may have read. Overall this amp is a fantastic piece of audio equipment. Leagues above the Onkyo amps I owned prior while not being that much more costly. Highly recommend.UPDATE 10/19/17The unit is still performing flawlessly, and by flawlessly I mean FLAWLESSLY. I use it everyday, never more than lightly warm to the touch no matter how many hours it's in use. The 5000 drives my L/C/R JBL speakers superbly.Nothing function wise, but it's a nice coincidence the blue LED power indicator matches up with the blue LED on my Onkyo receiver's "pure audio" indicator which just adds a nice little touch like they were meant to work together. Anyways like so many have noted, this amp is marvelous and I highly, highly recommend it.UPDATE 6/16/18Still going strong with zero issues. Since my last update I changed the stock power cord in favor of an Audioquest NRG-4 power cord.What an improvement the NRG-4 made. So much clearer and distinct. I have the 5000 running my Heights, Surrounds and center channel now leaving the receiver to power the mains. I have Audioquest Colombia's in service between receiver and Outlaw.This set up has been the winning formula for me. I would highly recommend giving the NRG-4 power cable an in home audition if you're still using the stock power cord. In the event you don't experience the improvements I did simply return it for a refund. Happy listening my friends!UPDATE 5/25/19What can I say? This amp is nothing but smooth sailing over calm seas. I use the 5000 literally EVERYDAY without any issues what so ever. The only change to be mentioned is I've dropped the height speakers from the equation as after many,many hours of experimentation I found the classic 5.1 set up to yield the best sound field in my living area. Which means the Outlaw 5000 is only running my Center and surround speakers.I am VERY tempted to audition the 976 processor and put all five channels into service, but my Onkyo RZ-800 is fully functional so it's hard to justify the cost when everything is working well and sounding so damn good.I've also looked into other amplifier options ( cause I love to shop ) costing A LOT MORE but from everything I've read from professional reviews and regular audio folks like me, it seems that the Outlaw 5000 cannot be bested for my listening habits and room size no matter how much I want to see glowing gauges moving to the music.Cheers!

Have had the amp in my system for ~3 months when I noticed a hum out of the right surround speaker. The amp is grounded to my receiver so should not be a ground loop. Did a lot of troubleshooting with swapping cables and speakers to determine it is a problem with that single channel. So, my issue is that I paid Outlaw to ship the amp to my house (I know it says free shipping on Amazon but Outlaw has added shipping into the selling price), they sent me a defective amp, and now I have to pay to ship it back to them. That’s pretty ridiculous.Update: Lowering my experience down from 2 stars to 1. Contacted Outlaw to see if they might waive the return shipping since the product was already defective. They indicated that since I only noticed it a few months later that they consider the defect present at purchase and that it "developed" over time. So, no waiving the return shipping (by the way, the warranty does not indicate that a product immediately noticed to be defective would have no return shipping costs). Probably never buy from these guys again.Updated again: Outlaw determined that they would pay for me to ship the product back. After some back and forth on how to troubleshoot the issue, they finally found a problem with the grounding circuit in that one channels amplifier. It was replaced and shipped back. Now back in system and it sounds great! Would give it 5 stars but need to knock off that one star for the warranty shipping policy and the hassle from this defect resolution.