Hey VD,

I am like you, an Audiophile. The 1070 does have a nice sound, worth od Audiophile status since I use Audiophile Alons and an Audiophile modiofied denon DVD player. I listen to music is stereo mode. I used the analog input in bypass mode which allows teh sub to be controled in analog mode.

i am thinking of getting a used amp and modified that. I am not clipping, I feel I need more power esp for movies. I use teh DVD playe to decode older movied with not much sound effects. The 1070 has better surround and really lets the sub go wild. My Mod Denon sounds much fuller when the voices are coming from the fronts than the 1070.