Let me get this straight: you're making the above claim based on having heard the 990 and those other processors at different times, in different systems, with different speakers, playing different material, under different conditions, connected to different sources, etc? But despite all that, a short demo is all you needed to pinpoint the 990's sound as lacking in high end smoothness and clarity compared to those other processors? That's some discerning ear you have there, not to mention your auditory memory. Why would anyone get that impression?

Just because you went to AVS Forum and posted "the dialogue especially was not crisp, it even sounded harsh" and that the Outlaw demo made your "ears bleed". Or when you read at the AV123 Forum that Thomas J. Norton gave high praise to the Outlaw demo, and you replied "Tom Norton must be on crack, or well paid by outlaw. The best at the show..??? I think he wrote that up after 1 too many beers."

Gonk is correct: you've spent the last two days running around various forums posting the same report. "Outlaw basher"? I won't resort to name-calling, but you certainly are on a mission.