Although they are currently pretty well hidden behind the rack, I'm not sure adding 8 or 9 more cables will continue to meet the WAF. Another possibility is to connect the BDP-83 directly to the 7500 for now and just wait until the 997 is on the street for a few months before I jump on that. I was looking to get some Magnepan 1.6QRs for music out of the 7500. How hard is it to use the BDP-83s menu system without the OSD?
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Music system
Model 990/7500/Magnepan 1.6 QRs/Technics SL1200 MK2/Aperion S-12 Subwoofer/OWA3/Sony NS75H DVD
APC H15 Power Conditioner

TV System
Large Advent Loudspeakers/ Polk center/Monoprice surrounds/Panasonic Viera 42 inch/Onkyo HT-RC260/Sony BDP S590/Directv


Home Theater System
Onkyo PR-SC886/Outlaw 7125 Klipsch RF-82 L/R,RC-62 center, RB-35 SR/SL, BENQ HT1075, Outlaw LFM1-EX/OPPO BDP-83/Directv
Harmony ONE
Blue Jeans and Monoprice interconnects
APC H15 Power Conditioner