I save you guys the trouble...I am sitting on the fence, 990 vs. avp700...I grilled the AVP700 owners in PM messages. They claimed AVR300 is closer to the 990 but still better. They claim the $2200 Arcam AVP700 is in a different league than the 990 for 2-channel music and slightly better for DVD's with bullets flying and crash scenes...Surround music in DVD's AVP700 different league from the 990.

Mark's comment that he's keeping the 990 over an arcam unit caused trauma............The AVP700 freezes on those guys every other week now. Static issues etc who knows? Unaccepetable for $2200!

Each guy must decide for himself I guess,
Vince