Wanted to say "Hello". Although this is my first post, I've been watching the postings for almost a year. I've been on the 950 waiting list since March. Reading the posts about double bass prompted me to ask a question.

My current system consists of a Parasound HCA1205 5 channel amp, mated to a Yamaha RXV1000 AV DD/DTS receiver (To be replaced by the 950 if I ever get my email). The Yamaha does my processing and sends the signal via the 5.1 RCA outputs to my amplifier. I have the NHT 2.9s as main L/R speakers which are rated down to 26hz. I also use a 12" subwoofer, but typically keep the subwoofer volume very low. I like it to fill in only the lowest octaves. I currently do not use the .1 subwoofer output of my receiver, I instead run speaker level right off of my L/R amplifier outputs into the speaker level inputs on the subwoofer. I set the mains to "large" so full range sound is sent out. I then use the crossover on the subwoofer to dial in the right sound.

Question 1: Is there any advantage to using the subwoofer output of the 5.1 outputs over using speaker level? I know RCA output is supposed to be cleaner, but in my system the sub out tends to make the bass from the subwoofer a little sloppy and slow. I always attributed this to a "double crossover effect" of using the subwoofer out. Meaning the Yamaha has a fixed crossover point of 90hz, so everything below 90hz is sent through the sub out. However, there is no way to bypass the crossover in the subwoofer itself, so it too filters the sound at whatever frequency it's set. This "double crossover effect" tends to make a bass a tad sloppy and slow. At least I PERCEIVE the bass to be sloppy and slow, maybe I am just hearing something differnt from what I am used to and really the sound is more accurate....just different. I would assume the 90hz filtering is done in the digital domain, so theoretically there would be no degredation of signal. My subwoofer has a remote controlled volume control so I can adjust the sound as needed and don't really need the subwoofer level offered by the Yamaha. I figure since my mains are set to large, all the bass signals that would otherwise be sent through the sub out are being sent to the main L/R speakers.....which in turn is being sent to my subwoofer through the speaker level inputs. Does running the sub through the "sub out" offer any advantages in this scenario.

Question 2: Will the 950 allow me to send signal through the subwoofer output full range??? This way I could use the crossover in the sub and remove the extra crossover in the signal path.

Thanks in advance for the comments!

Steve