I just got a 990/7500 combo and I love it. I will be writing a review soon but I want to take the time to do it justice. I personaly don't like Sunfire processors that the DMP-1 is based on, and most people I know that have had them either had problems or returned them. If you don't think they are full of bugs I would suggest looking through all the firmware fixes on the Sunfire site, also go to audiogon and look at how many sufire processors are constantly up for sale, more then any other processor on the market. I personaly wouldn't buy anything built on a sunfire core like the DMP-1. I haven't heard the DMP-1 so I can't comment on the sound, but if you look at Gonk's Processor spread sheet you will see that the 990 and DMP-1 are pretty equal as far as features with the 990 having some the DMP-1 doesn't. I just don't have any faith in the Sunfire core engineering personaly. I would also take audioholics with a grain of salt, particulary when they gave the Sunfire processor one of the worst reviews ever, and the DMP-1 a good review, without retracting or upgrading the Sunfire review so something isn't right there.

With all due respect to DJ I would also never buy an amp that had a fan on every channel. Not because of the noise factor but because being an engineer I know what is going to fail first in a design like that. Wait 2 more years and see what happens to that MPS-1 amp, good thing it has a warrenty, because you will have channels burning and failing. Just my 2 cents.

I'm a big fan of the Rocket and Onix speakers and I feel that they are some of the best speakers regardless of price and they know their speakers. However they are also the new guy on the block when it comes to electronics (about 1 year) and I personaly feel they made some pretty poor design decisions for their electronics.

I wish you the best of luck in what ever decision you make.

Merlin