I bought my 990 for stereo music listening primarily and HT very much secondarily. That reflects the realities of my listening / entertainment life style and it's not about to change. I still think I chose well but might get really interested if any of the Outlaws began discussing a (probably hardware) upgrade to the last stage of the audio line affecting the front left and right (stereo) outputs. There, and also in the phono preamp, are the places where I'd pay for improvement in the 990's already good performance.