Makes perfect sense Gonk. I guess I'm still having some difficulty thoroughly understanding all the connection options and what they will do. I was under the impression that the sound coming from a CD/DVD was digital and did not understand the need for analog connections...at least for the newer receivers, but the Denon has SACD out which are analog connections. I thought therefore that if I connected analog interconnects to the 1070 that the receiver would pick up that it is two channel and play in stereo. The Denon all has a Direct Pass connection which I thought might eliminate the processing of the Denon with a direct signal to the 1070. I guess either way I will have to make a switch on at least one component when I am watching DVD's or listening to CD's. I thought perhaps there would be a connection where the equipment would do all that autmatically based on the format of the media.