Thanks for all your responses. I seems like the 990 might be perfect for my needs.

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When I have my Phono playing on my 990, what is the best way and settings to get a phono output from my 990 so I can burn my albums to my recorder? I am trying to burn my albums (Bill Chase Jazz) from vinyl to my pioneer dvd recorder than I can playback the audio on my oppo 970.
Yes is a weird way to copy the vinyl but I want to try it. I am just not sure how to get the audio output from the 990?
thanks papabear

If you connect the DVD recorder's input to the Video1 record out (left/right analog and composite or s-video), you should be able to record any active inputs that are using analog audio. The video will of course be blank. Set the DVD recorder to it's input input, switch the 990 to the phono input, hit record on the DVD recorder, and start playing the record.

Thanks Gonk, I will set that up this morning.
I sure appreciate that quick response.
thanks

Looks like the thread has moved on beyond this area, but my phono gear is an AR XA (probably older than some of you reading this) with a Mayware unipivot arm holding a Grado Red cartridge. I bought the 990 because of its phono input and have been very pleased with its performance - better than the Adcom GTP500 it replaced. One improvement I didn't expect was that the slight hum the Grado had with the AR table on the Adcom (considered par for the course with Grados on AR tables) is gone on the 990.
Now as to dubbing vinyl to DVD (or CD or cassettes, for that matter), what's wrong with running the 990's audio tape output to the DVD's input, as everybody used to do back in the pre-video days? I thought that was what such outputs were for. Or is it that with that connection the DVD recorder can't record anything else? Just wondering.

The 990's tape output would do exactly the same thing as the video1 output, but if he sets it up this way with the video included he could also use the same wiring to dub from other (video) sources later if he needed to. There are some limitations, of course - it would need a composite or s-video connection from the video source, and it couldn't be a commercial DVD or a macrovision-protected video tape.

To follow up on phono output to dvd.
I used both Video 1 record out and then used the tape out. Both ways worked just great. Psyprof1, yes I am old school and feel like tape out would be my the best output for Phone recording, but I must side with Gonk that the video1 record out will allow me to output both audio/video from multi sources. As we all know, we have way to many wires to change and flip around already. Hahah I may take a picture of the back of my system for a good laugh for you to see. What's funny is that years ago I designed catv systems and wired many headends, and every wire was perfectly organized.
These days all I want is to get it plugged in and sit down to listed. Some day I will organize this rats nest but I keep finding myself flipping/flopping/changing wires around all the time.
All in all the Phone/Vinyl to DVD worked great, and playback on the oppo 970 worked and sounded just great.
I appreciate the help from both of you.
thanks papabear

Excellent! I'm glad to hear that it's working well for you.

I know what you mean about the wiring mess - you can pretty easily peak behind my equipment rack, and more than one person has remarked on the mass of wires back there.

Glad it's good, Papabear. I'll have to try that hookup method when I get a video recorder. As for 990s with messy behinds, if I could see the back of mine I'd probably claim the world championship but, furtunately, I can't.
I still think there ought to be a dimension, maybe called "functional depth", which would include both DVI and XLR cables of the thickness and pliability Outlaw sells, bent to the sharpest safe right angles, at the back of the unit. What then - 22"? 24"?