You are correct MCH....I think! I set the outlaw to 6.1 while in direct and could not tell whether it was doing anything or not. I only have a stereo SACD so far, Peter Gabriel's Shaking the Tree, so I cannot comment on 5.1 sound. If I set speakers to LARGE or small w/sub I get bass from sub. If I tell the player "OFF" for sub, bass goes to main speakers. I set everything to large, no sub and got nothing from sub with 6.1 surround on. Is there something I'm missing in the setup in order for the 1050 to handle all bass management? The sound was very good from the SACD but I wonder if it could be improved by a setup I am not doing.