Well, actually I have one on order, but was feeling slighty depressed after reading the review on Audaud, where the reviewer was writing favorably on the 990, but remarked it's not exactly the last word sound wise.
Think he might be comparing to the likes of Arcam AV8 / AV9 ($5000 +), which is unfair (as he readily admitted).
On expensive preamps you often read about the wonderful dynamics, warmth and overall sound quality, but surely the aim shouldn't be to add something to the sound but to try and approach a straight wire?
Anybody having compared the 990 to another processor?
Barend