Thanks, I thought hd radio was minimal compression, but that was only a guess.
I looked at the SN product, and I really liked the complement of pushbuttons. It's way too late to ask, but i really hated that the 990 didn't have direct access buttons; just the multifuntion arrangement which requires me to stand there and study the screen and push several buttons just to change sources. I REALLY REALLY hope we get bigger buttons and direct access like the SN product...