I just got a DVD-A last night and have spent most of the day tweaking and listening. I am very impressed with the sound in both hi res stereo and hi res surround but there are two things about the 950 that have me bent. Both have to do with the " 6 Channel Direct" connection. First is the summing of the below 80Hz no matter what you do. Second is if the optical input is set to play stereo then the "6 Channel Direct Mode" only plays in stereo, not 6 channels.
What is up with that? 6 Channel DIRECT should be DIRECT, period, nothing else added (exept volume adjustment), nothing taken away. If the music producer wants 80HZ and below on the .1 channel then they would put it there. The analog bass managment switch only manages bass for everything except the speaker that only plays bass.
As to only getting stereo from the analog 6 channel direct input when a completely different digital input is set to stereo boggles the mind. Why should one effect the other? Again direct should be direct.
Sorry for the rant.