Kevin, I agree with most of your points.

The processing steps needed for full 5.1 or 7.1 bass management have less loss of information when done in the digital domain than in the analog domain. There's more than just crossovers to consider. There's summing multiple channels (to, for example, the sub), time delays, etc. These things are done more accurately digitally than the old days where analog adders did sums, and analog bucket brigades did delays.


[This message has been edited by Will (edited August 15, 2002).]