I picked up a used AV8003 for a pretty reasonable price to replace my 990 (Just needed to move forward into the HDMI world, etc.). Reasonable enough that if the Outlaw pre-pro ever comes out, I would strongly consider unloading the Marantz and moving home to Outlaw. At the time (about a year ago, I think), I was really concerned that the 978 or some variant would come out right away and cause a heap of regret. Guess it didn't turn out that way...
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Integra DRX 3.1, Outlaw 5000
Fronts - Golden Ear Triton 2, Center - Martin Logan Motion 8, Surround L/R - Energy Audissey A5+2,
Sony XBR65X850E
Oppo BDP-83, Sony UBP-X800
Roku Streaming Stick +
Music Hall mm5.1 table, Ortofon 2M Blue Cartridge, Cambridge Audio 640P Phono Preamp, Pro-Ject Speed Box
Belkin Pure AV Power Conditioner
Audioquest Type 8 speaker cable, Monoprice speaker Cable
Mostly Monoprice interconnects