I see that if I set the speaker size to small, the LFE signal is dropped by 5db, this in addition to an already low (-10db) recording for LFE. I think that the 990 has a setup option that is something like 'analog offset for subwoofer'. I suppose that here I would dial up the subwoofer input for when I am listening to analog inputs? Perhaps I'll play with large/small setting on the BD player for my 7.1 input.
With the 990's 7.1 analog input, you will want to set the player up with the speakers all "Large" (or off, in the case of the center) and the sub "On" - it's not the typical advise, but the 990 provides digital bass management of this input.
Also, I see that I have to move away from PCM to bitstream/encoded.
Not necessarily. You want the player to decode internally because you can't deliver a raw bitstream of TrueHD or DTS-HD to the 990. The coaxial/optical output need to be set to bitstream for the same of standard DVD's, but for Blu-ray you need that internal decoding.
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