Vince,

I do apologize for rambling in your thread. Did not mean to hijack it.

Congrats again on your upgrade, and I cannot wait to hear more about it as you break it in!

Holydoc,

No problem...all posters on the outlaw forum appear civil and helpful with info. I enjoy it here the short time I have been posting.

Last night we watched Fantastic 4, it was like watching the DVD for the 1st time, there is a scene where Ben(rock guy)fights the torch kid in front of the crowd. On my yamaha receiver you heard the fighting only, on the 990, you hear the fighting + the crowd noises in the surrounds..like they are fighting in the room....

Vince

Vince,

You are ahead of me. I just got the DVD player hooked up last night, but haven't had time to watch anything. Maybe tonight I will try some tidbits. Have you calibrated yet?

Chris,

No have not cal'd yet...I have a RS meter, I guess I will go right to manual cal...

good luck Vince

The 990 was an upgrade to me from a B&K Ref 31 (which is basically a B&K Ref 50) FWIW.

Vince,

When you calibrate try the auto-speaker routines built into the 990 first. Write down what adjustments it suggests. Then do the calibration manually using the SPL meter to determine how close the 990 came. I would be interested to know how accurate the system is to what the actual calibration should be.

Also about your DVD viewing last night... are you running a audio digital connection (i.e., optical or coxial) to the 990 from your DVD player? Just interested if your are exercising the DAC of the 990 by giving it a digital signal.

What about the Video of your DVD? Are you running this through the switcher built into the 990? DVI out or component?

Sorry about all the questions just excited along with you. *smile*

Holydoc ,

DVD audio output: optical toslink over to the 990
DVD video output: Component video straight to TV

I guess the 990 DAC is really good...

Scientific Atlanta HD Cable Box
audio: coaxial dig to 990
video: Component video straight to TV

I have the older Pioneer CRT 53-inch projection TV, model 533HD5...when the 1st/2nd generation flat panel TV's came out, they still could not hold a candle to the old Pioneer image. 480P looks real good, 1080i like Discover channel looks breathtaking! I figured I did not need to add the 990 into the equation for video.

Between the 990, anthem amp, and a new URC remote, I burned through my whole tax refund!!...
Vince

Thanks for making me feel good about the DAC. Now get back to that whole calibration thingie...