Doug:

One of two things should happen...
1) Outlaw should make the firmware so that the sub offset works on the stuff below the crossover no matter WHAT the surround input. This is the way every other pre/pro I've ever used performs - the sub offset is GLOBAL on the digital inputs no matter what the surround mode. The way Outlaw has implemented this is just wierd. The 2CH Offset seems to work correctly because you might want your 2CH stuff to be up to -8dB quieter than 5.1 HT but the fact that the sub offset is not applied to 2CH on Stereo and Upsample seems like an oversight or "undocumented feature" that we are being told is correct operation. My point is that this is not how the sub offset should work. It's confusing and not well implemented.

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2) The 2Ch Offset should go to -25dB. This is only a hack fix so that if I have to set the sub offset to -15dB, I can still set the 2Ch Offset to something lower than 5.1 for 2CH music.

If the sub manufacturer wants me to run the sub offset at -10dB and set the gains on the amp so I'm at 75dB, when I go to 2 channel, even with the 2CH Offset at -8dB, I'm still going to be 2dB hotter on the 2 channel. I agree that 2 channel should not be HOTTER than 5.1 for HT. That's my issue here.

I just don't believe that this sub offset behavior is correct behavior. I understand that the way it works now is how it was implemented on the 990 - that it is not a bug per se. But it is not correct sub offset behavior...basing this on every other Receiver and Pre/Pro that I've ever had.