Dek,

I recently got the 990 and am absolutely satisfied with its performance. However, I have heard very good things about Arcam. If there is any way you could test both of them (Outlaw is easy with the 30-day trial period) I would suggest you try them both out. I think though the Arcam AVP700 might be a closer match to the 990, but then you are looking at throwing anohter $1000 into the mix. I feel no need to upgrade from the 990 as it does very well, but without ever hearing the Arcam I can't say which one would sound better to me.