Jim,
Your set-up WILL almost be the same as mine. I now have B&W 703 and will be getting HMT7 later and probaby DS7 or 705 much later on. I am now deciding what amplifier to get. How's the 990/7125 driving your B&Ws?

Blaineh, I read that you (and John W) are using center channels that ARE NOT Magnepans. How is that working out (for each of you)? I am in the process of purchasing Magnepan 1.6s but I am not that please to have a Center Channel that takes up half of my living room (being facetious). I had considerd other Center Channels, however, when I asked the Magnepan dealer about using a center channel other than a maggie they almost all said the same thing. "While it is ok to use a different center channel there may be issues with matching the timbre of the 1.6s." Also, there may be the possibility of the center channel over-powering the maggies. Any suggestions? Or should I go with Gozilla (Magnepan CC3) for the Center Channel and live with it? LOL!

Thanks,

Paladin
PS: I am still torn between the Outlaw 990/7700 and the Rotel 1068/1095 combos....ARGH!!!

Here is what Speakers and Amps i am using.

CineNova Grande 5 Amp
Number of channels: Five discrete monaural blocks.

Power rating per channel:
(8-ohm load), all channels driven: 300 watts.
(4-ohm load), all channels driven: 600 watts.
(2-ohm load), all channels driven: 1000 watts.

Speakers
Bohlender-Graebener Radia 520i Fronts
Bohlender-Graebener Radia X3 Rears
Bohlender-Graebener Radia X1 Center

990 / 7500 w/Outlaw balanced interconnects
Paradigm Monitor 11 v4 mains
Paradigm CC-370 v4 center
Paradigm ADP-370 v4 surrounds
LFM-1

Samsung 5668W (56" DLP)

Monster HTS-3500

homebuilt HTPC w/ Mystique 7.1 soundcard (used as jukebox, dvd player, cd player and PVR)

dedicated 20a line

Harmony 880 remote (without this, my WAF would be very, very low)

Fronts-
Apogee Centaur Minors (bought new in 1991); hybrid ribbon speaker

the rest of system noted below-

Outlaw 7700
DefTech:
BP 20's main
2 deftech subs
clr 1000
BPVX rear surround
BP2's side surround (soon to be upgraded to BPX's)

assorted reel to reels(TeacX-2000 & x-700/cassette (Teac c3x)/turntable (Denon dp47/Denon dvd 2200.

I may be imagining things, but the speakers seem to sound a little bit "brighter" and surround sound seems to blend in better. I had two differnt amps (onkyo and adcom) prior to this system. Been playing around some with Dolby IIx music. It seems to work better on some CD's then others. 7 channel stereo sounds pretty good to me however.

990/ 7125 klipsch Rf35 Klipsch Rc35 klipsch Rs35 x4 Klipsch Rw12 x2 velodyne sms-1

5.1 set-up:

Outlaw model-755 amp
Energy Veritas 2.3i main
Enegy Veritas 2.0Ci center
Sonance TR-4000 in-ceiling surrounds
SVS 20-39PCi sub

Outlaw 950 pre-procssor, but have Sherwood P-965 on order.

Sony NS999ES DVDP, have Sherwood SP-860 on order to be used for SACD/DVDA, doubt it can better the sony on video, will have to wait for HD.

Pre-& Amp 990/7125
Ascend 340s across the front
Ascend 170s in the rear
SVS 20-39PC+
Denon DVD-2200 for DVD, DVD-Audio, SACD, CD
Hitachi Ultravision 57T500

and a 4 week old little girl which permits me from taking advantage of anything that I have for at least another year!!!

Just got my 990 today

990 paired with 7 channel Emotiva MPS-1
Rockets 850 sigs 200 center 300's covering the rear .

A pair of SVS PB12+2's and a pair of UFW-12's taking care of the low stuff

This hobby is getting to be as fun as Two for one lap dances