Merlin your thought process pretty much mirrors my own regarding the Emo gear. It will be interesting to see what DOJ thinks of the 990 since he had the big dog Pre/Pro.

Regarding the 1K vs 850. I had pre-ordered the 1Ks before I knew about the 850s. Had I known before hand I may have got the 850s and two stereo UFW-10s. I would have still kept the SVS for LFE.

I understand the desire to get a sub with lower extension then the current sealed subs offered by AV123. Dual LMF1s and the SMS EQ should be very nice. It does look like AV123 is addressing this "hole" with the X subs.

Regarding room EQ I'm not sure at the price level we are talking about if this is worth it at this time, the technology just seems a little to immature. I would rather see some low frequency PEQ built in for the subs. Maybe not to the degree of the SMS but more along the lines of R-DES or the BFD. On the other hand if they can get something similar to the SMS to run on the 990 I'll take it.