Thanks Iggy, I think that was a fair summary.

Here is a real life review, from one of the first owners. Looking good smile

"OK, it is only 5.1 because my room isn't big enough to support more right now. But I am listening to the 990 with an Outlaw 770 Amp. I have an Arcam cd73T as a source and Paradigm Studio 60s in the front 20s in the back and a Studio Center in front, all version 2. Hsu Vtf-2 as the sub. So far I am impressed. As I posted in the outlaw forum it all works amazingly well so far. The only majot complaint I have is the remote. I got a beta copy of the manual today (No I cannot give it to you or post it or I will violate an agreement with Outlaw). So my first impressions are all positive. The only semi negatives are that the remote is pretty terrible (can't wait for them to program a Harmony code for it) and I think the Arcam sounds better using its Dac than the one in the preamp. I can't say I didn't expect that. Arcam is, in my opinion, the CD player maker for the dollar really. Also, I bought the Arcam for a reason... If you want a preamp that is going to do better than an Arcam, the Anthem D-1 may be for you, at $4k more...

The autosetup works flawlessly, though I did mount my mic to a tripod to do it. It worked perfect. I tweaked the sub a bit, but that is because I like things a little more bass heavy than others.

I plan on getting a 20' usb cable to try that tomorrow. FYI, only stereo mode over USB. Not a complete digital stream, so if you have a digital out on your sound card, plan on using that.

I listened to an HDCD, if any of you hoped that it would do HDCD, it doesn't, but that isn't surprising really. No one really uses it anymore.

I haven't watched a movie yet. That's tomorrow night, if the girl I am dating will let me stay in again. Heh. I have listened to Dave Matthews Live in Central Park on DVD though. I will say that I actually enjoyed the Neo DTS mix from the Preamp (using linear PCM) more than I liked the 5.1 mix that was on the DVD. The sound quality was the same, just liked the Preamps mix better.

Alas, I have to go back to billing hours. I can't wait until I get a day or six to sit and play with this. Oh, as a plus, the pre amp is dead quite. I can't even tell it and the amp are on if the source is selected but nothing is playing. What a stepup from my NAD T763.... If you want to ask questions about it, feel free to post here or PM me. I will get back to you as soon as I can"