Will,

Yes, I get really good bass from the sub in movies. I think that bass mgmnt switch only applies to 5.1 direct input from other sources. I tried that switch anyways for the hell of it and it didn't make any difference.

I have big towers and it's capable of handling bass on 2 channel stereo. They sounded great in my old setup, I had an old carver stereo preamp. The problem is that the bass coming out using the 950 is not even half of what the carver had. So it sounds really thin and wussy. Do you know what I mean? I was thinking last night of just going with an audiophile quality A/B switch if it's cheaper than buying a Rotel. Do you know of any good brands?

thanks
Ricky