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3. I don't have the Studio v3 speakers, but I drove Studio 60v2, Studio CCv2, and a trio of Studio ADPv2 speakers with the 1050 very comfortably back when I had my 1050.

2. Will you be in stereo mode only, or will you have surround speakers as well? There is one issue currently giving some users trouble. On certain DVD's with a particular flag for Dolby Digital EX, the 1050 is forced into its Surround 6.1 mode (or, if there is no surround back speaker enabled, the audio drops out every few seconds as the flag forces it to try to adjust).

1. It's been a while, but as I recall there was some control available. The manual may list exceptions -- for example, a Dolby 5.1 soundtrack may allow stereo mode but not Natural or Jazz surround modes...

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