Hmmm, good question. Thrilled with everything but have an opportunity to sell either my amp or processor for almost what I paid for it. I've had the processor and amp for about 3-4 years now. To me they work fine but I don't know what the new stuff sounds like so I don't really know what I am missing, if anything.

The Rockets are not the most efficient speakers and I find that I need to turn the volume up quite a bit when I want to really rock with concert events. This depends on the source as well. DVD's are usually OK while Dishnet concerts on Soundstage have much less gain and I can usually turn it up 100% without it being loud enough but without distortion, something with the signal.....

My reference sound for movies is -10bd on the 950 which is PLENTY loud enough. My gut is telling me to get the bigger amp just because more power is always better and I'm sure an amp running at 70% will sound better than one running at 100%. The power I have is certainly enough but there are odd occasions when I wish I'd have more. Conversely, I'm not sure if the processing with the new 990 is clearly superior or if they are similar which is why I'm asking for advice


I hope this helps.

Joe