Braidkid,

I have not recieved my notification that I made the 990 list. So I was interested in how you find the Yamaha receiver as a pre-amp.

On the i-link/firewire thing. It has the bandwidth to handle video, so I would think DVD-A and SACD would be no problem if it was adopted. Also, I am not sure what the big deal is anyway, you can bet someone will come up with a switcher separate from a receiver or pre-amp.