Good morning -

OK, well I pulled everything apart last night, tidied up a few things, rerouted a few cables, switched around a couple of inputs, etc. Also managed to get all the analog hookups connected between the 990 and BD player. I'm glad to report that everything still works.

Even better, I'm glad to report that I think I've found the magic combination of settings that bring the CD audio alive like I was hoping for. I guess I should probably write them all down now, eh?

One of the problems I was having is that I had renamed my DVD input the Bluray CD and my CD input to Bluray CD. I think somewhere along the way I got the two mixed up. Remember I was saying that for some reason I was hearing 5 channel music when playing CDs, even though I had selected a 2 channel mode? Well, that's 'cause I had to inputs labeled the same (one audio and one video). I also told the system I had surround rears configured (which I don't), and when I changed that to 'none' the audio sound was suddenly changed much for the better.

Set the speaker size for the LSi15s to small, even though I think they can handle full range sound. Experimented with the xover frequencies, and it seems I get just the right mix of low end going to my sub at the 60hz setting. I'll have to experiment with movies to see how this works out.

Anyway, I'm almost there. Sitting listening to some Steely Dan, Michael Franks, Chic Corea, and a few others last night really brought a smile to my face. Followed up that listening session with a little hi-def hockey action, some Irish beer (it was St Pats day after all), and life was good...

Thanks for all of your help, gonk. Couldn't have done it without you.