What other amps besides the outlaw are you guys using with the 990 ? Any hits and misses ?

Interesting question. Not surprisingly, a lot of 990\'s seem to end up paired up with Outlaw amps (combo pricing may have something to do with that), but other amps do seem to get mentioned around here. ATI, Parasound, Adcom, and Rotel are probably the most common non-Outlaw amps. There are a number of other brands represented in the speakers/amps thread (see my link above), including Bryston, Odyssey, and Sunfire to name a few, and even at least one person in that thread running Mackie powered monitors. I don't recall hearing of any "problem child" combinations of 990 and amp yet, but will be curious to see what thoughts crop up here.

I had never heard of ATI amps until someone here mentioned that they share production facilities with Outlaw.

I'm soon going to switch over my Maggies to a Lyngdorf SA2175 (formerly TACT Audio) and put the 755 to use on the center/surrounds.

Cheers,

I've got Sunfire (processor too, sorry) on my short list of candidates for "Charlie HT 2.0" in the next 12 months. The Signature 400 seven looks damn good really - 800x7 into 4 ohms. Decent, I doubt clipping would be an issue.

Yike! - it would seem like the power supply is going to impose a limit at some point (manual recommends a single 15A circuit), but it's certainly impressive looking.

I'm still in stereo and using a pair of nOrh Le Amp 2 monoblocks to power my Maggie 1.6QRs. The combination sounds terrific to me but I haven't heard any others so can't compare them.
For the benefit of the curious, you can find out about the company at nOrh.com. It's in Thailand and run by an American expat named Michael Barnes. His monthly newsletter is often fun to read. The Le Amp 2 uses a switching power supply and runs Class A at lower power levels. 200w into 8 ohms and 400 into 4 ohms which is where the Maggies live. Absolutely no hum but they run hot. $300 each including shipping from Thailand. How they compare with the Outlaw 220 would be interesting to find out.

with my 990 i had a pair of m200s running my mains and i upgraded to a anthem statement p2.it was an improvement in the highs and better control of the midbass.on meterial i was fimaliar with i would be able to pick out the anthem over the m200s every time but they were not that far apart.is the p2 worth 4 times a pair of m200s???? hard to say but i have to believe it is because i payed it.if i wasnt into 2 channel music and only used my system for HT the m200s would of done the job nicely.

i use a ATI 1506 with my 990 and is a great match .. tannoy DC's all around .. 5.1 .. very happy .. ATI amps are rock solid .. way better than others ive owned .. carver 505, HK sig 2.1,
newer adcom multi and stereo .. i still have older adcom that are great gfa545 gfa1a etc.. .but their new gear just isnt like the old ..

DOJ .. i'll bet your emo mps-1 would be a great match up as well .. if your emo pre pro ever vanished .. which i'm sure will not after hearing it .. very nice ... have you bought a 2 set of 750's for your rears in your HT room being they are on sale at a unbelievable $$ ..

My original plan was to pair a 990 with the EMO MPS-1. Then the plan changed to an EMO DMC-1/MPS-1 Combo. After trying the DMC-1 and waiting 2 months for the backordered MPS-1, I went back to the 990 and paired it with the 7125 and am extremely pleased with the performance. The short version is that I spent a lot of time researching the MPS-1/990 combo and think that it would be a very solid matchup...

Just my .02

-Dogwizard

I'm not going to mention my age, but I started accumulating hi-fi gear back when Julian Hirsch was writing equipment reviews for what was then called "Hi-Fi and Stereo Review" (now "Sound and Vision"). I'm driving a pair of Bose 901's, Boston Acoustics center channel, side surrounds, and an unpowered B. A. subwoofer with 3 Dynaco Stereo 120's that I built back in the 60's. My equipment spans the ages, right up to the 990, a Sharp front projector, and LG LS-3410A HDTV tuner/hard drive and a Mitsubishi digital VCR. I'd like to hear if anybody out there has still got any older equipment still in active service.