WOW! I get home from work and check out the 990 thread and even Merc came back! It's starting to feel like the Outlaw forum in here. All we need is RAF and Lena.

It's good to see you all. I hope life has been good to all of you. I had planned on keeping my 950 for a very long time, but component on-screen menus and the balanced outputs (to my Behringer EQs) may tip the scales towards the 990. A real bonus would be a tuner of the mid 80's NAD Schotz class (after all, we ARE talking about a Peter Tribeman company!) and a capable MM/MC phono section.

Upgraditis has been quelled by the strong performance of my 950, but...