I ended up doing the same thing. I was originally holding out for the replacement 200Wx7, but in the end I decided I needed the ~$400 more than I needed a matching faceplate and balanced inputs. And I wanted it sooner rather than later, so it was a no-brainer.

I've had mine up and running for a week with my 990, and overall I'm pretty happy. I watched something last weekend where I heard some distortion at a couple of points during the movie, so I'm trying to figure out where that's coming from. I haven't been able to replicate it yet though.