the phono stage included with the 990 was a big factor for me getting the 990, also the dvi switching, i have the mmf 7 table coming, gband your positive thoughts on the mmf 7 with the 990 makes it look like my outlaw choice was a good one, will give my impressions as soon as i get my system up and running,

I think you'll like the MMF-7, I've had mine for 3 years. The Goldring Eroica is amazing for the price. The manual for the turntable sucks and I talked to Roy Hall a while back and he agreed but we both agreed that most don't use it anyway. My issue was how to adjust the VTA, which is easy, just not in the manual. The 990 phono input I am very impressed with. I listened a bit again to some LP's last night and was very happy. No regrets here.

got the mmf 7 today along with a onix x88 mod-ed 1+cd player, all i need is the tylers and finally i will be rocking again, checked the mmf 7 out and its a real looker, i am sure its going to be a great table, my thorens td125 sme9 with a blue point special was sweet, i had a denon 3910 as my cd player so its going to be interesting to see how the mod-ed x88 sounds to the denon,