When you upgrade to the 997 what is in store for your 990?

Mine is going to the other house until I move there in 2 years or so. I am hoping to find another good amp and some Magnepan speakers.

sell it

Based on the current low price of a new 990 (not to mention the extremely low price for a used 990), it seems like once the 997 comes out that the used 990 price will further drop to the point that it seems not worthwhile to sell it. Perhaps I will try to move it to my bedroom or give it away to a friend or family member.

Mine is going to a friend's house...

I was going to try and sell it, but since my wife told me I could order the 997 for Christmas and it is now looking like March 2009 as a possible shipping date, my 990 has too many dents in it from where I beat my head on it (about twice a day)to get a reasonable price on eBay.

I intend to sell my 990 using e-bay as an outlet. Price range between $400-$425..I will pay for shipping ...maybe.
If they can sell a piece burnt toast with a supposed image of the virgin Mary on the internet I should have no problem selling the 990 at a reasonable price.

I don't have a 990, but my old AVR is going into the garage! I'm sure you'll all get a good laugh out of that one, but I spend a lot of time out there. Why not have something to listen to?

Mine will move into another room for a second HDTV/surround system. The current Samsung and LFM1+ should accompany it; I'll have to come up with another amp and some more speakers.

I've also got a couple children that would just love to have any castoffs from my main system (elder daughter volunteered to take the 61" Samsung off my hands).

I will likely give my 990 to my brother, along with a 5 or 7 channel amp. It'd be a very nice upgrade over his current receiver.

Rob

When I eventually get the 997 my 990 will go to the HT I am slowly setting up in my Mom's basement.

I will replace the 950 in the bedroom with the 990. Then sell the 950.

Sell it for $100 to my brother.....

Sold it many many months ago so not to get killed on the inevitable low resale price by the time the 997 makes its way into peoples homes.

If my system didn't already outgrow the 990 the fact that there will be no balanced inputs on the 997 was a deal breaker for me anyway.

Yeah, same here. I'll give it to my folks when I upgrade. I can't be bothered trying to pack the darned thing up and make it presentable for an Ebay sale or whatever.

Greetings from Redding, CT.

Cheers,

Hey maybe I'll buy someone's gently used 990, especially if you live near me and don't have to ship it. (And the price is reasonable of course)

Ritz2, greetings neighbor. Might you like to drop by for a drink one day and check out each others' systems? I am fairly new to this audiophile gig and don't really know anyone locally into it. Plus, I would like to see what someone "in the know" thinks of my system (objectively) as I really do not have anything to which to compare it. And so far, only neophytes like me have heard it; and from our unrefined/uninitiated perspectives we all think it sounds really good. But, relyin on these opinions is kind of like someone who has never seen a baseball game thinking that the T ball players are incredibly talented and have no exposure to what professional players can do.

My e-mail address is echristian@akingump.com if you might be interested. I live about a mile from Blackrock Turnpike and Highway 136.

Ed.

The 990 would make a great A/V switcher/phono stage , but I'm afraid it will probably share the same remote codes as the 997. this would limit the ability to use the two togeather.

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Cheers,

I will swap out my 990 with a new 997, hooking it up to the great 770 amp that I have in that room. Then take the 990 into the den to replace the 970, hooking it to the 7125 in there. And then probably give the 970 to a friend who needs a bit of an upgrade. That's what I did with the 950 that I had originally.

I have never really liked the 970, it just has too many quirky issues that arise with no pattern to them at all. I was very annoyed with the almost 3 second delay it took for the 950 to lock into an audio signal, but I think overall I was much more satisfied with the 950 than the 970. I have been, however, very pleased with the 990. But I may have problems getting it to fit in the TV stand that presently holds the 970/7125 combo. Unfortunately I think that it is a bit too tall, and I don't wish to replace the stand. I'll probably have to elimnate the shelf and figure a way to do some stacking and still get good air flow. There just isn't any room to put an AV stand in the niche with the TV and tower speakers. Oh, if only all of my problems had such a great upside.

Once you get the 990 situated, at least it will be an easy swap when the 997 arrives - current information indicates that it's using the same size cabinet...