As noted in another thread in this forum, I placed an order today for a 970, but me being me, I am second guessing myself. I figure I can easily switch to the 990 if I change my mind soon enough.

I don't need the zone 2, or the balanced outputs, and I have a 2 channel Pre with HT bypass, so I won't be listening to 2 channel with the 970/990. Also, I believe the 970 will have all of the AV connections that I will ever need. Thus, the 970 fits the functional requirements, which is why I chose it over the 990. However, what keeps me coming back to the 990 is that I never skimped on the rest of the system, so why start now. Is there any reason to beleive that there will be a noticable difference between the 2 for movie soundtracks? Also, any other features that may be important (I am not fully up to speed on many of the advance features of HT gear these days, so please excuse my ignorance).