I liked the DMC-1 but was missing somethings I just could not get over that my Meridian had in sound quality. I setup the 990 and I turned everything on and my amp will not come on. Not another problem with this thing. My eval will have to wait because I need this amp to work to compare fairly. If the 990 does not satisfy my tastes then I will either try a primare(rated best processor by hometheater magazine) or just by a midlevel meridian.