My personal opinion is that the 886 sounds more "spacious" than the 990. It sounds more alive.

Another thing I noticed is the dynamic range seems larger. When watching "watchmen" there were times that the dialogue was not real loud, than other parts of the movie were quite loud. It was night and day in terms of teh dynamic range.

I also watched parts of Quantum of Solace (Blu Ray) and I noticed the same thing.

I liked the sound of the 990, but I have to say I am very impressed with the 886.

FWIW, I have an Outlaw 7700 amp, Klipsch RF7 main speakers, a Klipsch RFC center and a pair of Klipsch RS7 surrounds, and I was using a PS3 for the DVD player. My sub is a definitive technolgy PF1500 subwoofer.

I have not yet played an LP, so I am not sure how that sounds. I will try it this weekend.

**EDIT**

I just popped in the "Thriller" LP by Michael Jackson. I had to crank the volume way up to get decent volume. And I mean WAY up! I do not recall the 990 having to do this but I rarely listen to albums. I also noticed bleedthru from the FM radio, which is what I was listening to before I set it to the turntable.