Gonk, thanks for the good advice as always. I spoke with Steve today and after asking his advice about many different aspects of the combo, I ordered the 990/7700 with xlr cables. I see that you have paradigm speakers. Are you happy with them and what model might you consider if you were upgrading? I currently have the mini monitors for the l/r and the cc330 for the center channel with the ps1000 sub. I learned today that the tuner will not automatically memorize the stations. It is a typo in the manual for the 1070.