I did receive the 950 this monday and just had to hook it up and at least listen to some two channel audio. If the 990 is better than the 950, then I will be very pleased! I have tried a Panasonic XR45,
a Marantz 5600, the Marantz with external amps and just plugging in the 950 without calibrating anything , it sounded better than all of them. Fedex tracking says the 990 will be here Wed. 950's on Ebay.