Something that did impress me about the demo which I thought was very enveloping, was that Scott was using good ole HomeDepot zip cord for speaker wire. None of that super fancy stuff the other crowd was using. Mendes did you get to hear thiphiaudio's demo. They used a Kenwood receiver and a sony dvd player and reproduced some great two-channel with orb looking speakers. As I mentioned in another forum, if you bought the 950, I think selling it and purchasing the 990 is a no-brainer. It will be a great $600 upgrade if you can afford it, and make use of the features. I was allowed to play my own Diana Krall DVD when I went back on Sunday. In my opinion I related to the Outlaw sounding smooth. As far as one of the best demo's for HT, there was only one that I thought was better. The 75,000 buck cinepro which I think if Outlaw had used a third sub it would have been a fairer fight. But two 15inch super subs against two for $1000 bucks, it was not fair fight. I enjoyed the Anthem D1 demo, as it introduced me to Patricia Barber. One I got that SACD home and played it, my friend commented how my speakers never sounded better. Source material makes a demo. Once you have the 990 in your own home, with your own speakers, then peoples opinions canreally have some weight behind them.