How about a "motherboard" type change to the panel inside the 990 to allow the acceptance of the HD Audio formats?

I would rather pay a couple hundred in shipping and materials/labor and have a new circuit board put in so my 990 can accept these audio formats than to buy a whole new pre-pro.
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