I wish the 990 would offer some kind of interactive remote.. one that would have a small screen that would display all the menu's.. just like on my TV screen.

how cool would that be?

I'd like:
(1) Conveniently remote-adjustable balance control since I'm listening off-axis more often than not. I know remote balance adjustment can be done via a confusing procedure involving the Guide, Set, and directional buttons, but I said "convenient".
(2) Ability to configure input levels on all sources, as Tweeterman has suggested - especially since I have to raise the volume when playing records. Of course 10db more gain from the phono preamp would take care of that too.

If I had $3000 earmarked to a new SSP I would definitely be tempted by the Anthem AVM30, with the intention of upgrading to a AVM50 and getting SSP and video scaling in the same unit. 'Pretty unique combination so far, but seems natural to me. Not $4K - $5K nice though...I'll be waiting a few years I guess and happily enjoying the 990 in the mean time.

I really like my 990 - the DAC's sound great, and I really like the flexibility of the product. That said, I wish I could configure the speaker outputs by input - for example, on Audio 1 and Audio 2 I'd have the same sources and video output, but on Audio 1 the speakers would be set to be center only and on Audio 2 it would be full DTS movie mode. This would allow me to setup a "nightime" or basic TV watching mode without messing around with the remote, I'd just hit one button and viola!

Cool idea, acacia1602 - that would open up some interesting possibilities...

Thanks everyone for all of the replies. It sounds like everyone is generally happy with the overall feature sets. Hopefully Outlaw is listening to some of these requests for the next generation pre/pro.

I've been doing a lot of listening to Paradigm and B&W. I think the B&W 804's have my name on them. I love the clarity.

Has anyone done extensive listen with the 990 and the 800 series? Will the amplifier be sufficient for the N804S? Thanks again for all the help.

I have been very happy with my 990 and 7125 so far! But, I would like:

1) I use the Zone 2 feature of the 990 to run speakers throughout my house. One minor irritation is when you push any buttons on the Zone 2 remote, the 990 display does not come on to let you verify anything such as Zone 2 ON/OFF status, or volume level for Zone 2. But, if I first press a button on the main remote, to activate the 990 display, and then press the volume button on the Zone 2 remote, the 990 will display the Zone 2 status, volume level, etc. I suspect this could be fixed with a firmware upgrade.
2) The ability to at least have the unit automatically measure and report/display the amplitude response across across the audio band.

Stom_m3, the 990 is a preamplifier / tuner / HT processor. It drives amplifiers, not speakers. Your question should be which of the Outlaw amplifiers has the power output you want for the B&Ws. Probably any of them has more than enough power for any reasonable use (peak sound levels no more than 100db) in a room of 3000 cubic feet or so.

i wish the signal wouldn't drop when upconverting from composite to component. it's a real bummer when flipping through the channels and the projo cuts out every other channel