Hello Jamin,

As suggested by Gonk, this feature is analogous to a video muting circuit. Can you really hear the difference when video circuitry is disable on most HT systems? Maybe, maybe not. Along that same principal we have selected to offer a means in which to mute channels that are not being used in an effort to maximize the 950's bypass performance. We do apologize for any inconvenience that is caused by this feature's implementation.