Jack- I reread your post on the analog pass-through/analog filter on the 970 and it occurred to me that even though my DVD player has full bass management (with 40-120 hrz range to select from) it may be worth a try to run the 5.1 anaolog output from my source player with all speakers set to full range and let the analog filter on the 970 do the bass management. From a purist's point of view the analog type filter may actually sound better (even fixed at 80hz) compared to the digital 24/192 bass management of my DVD player. I don't know , but plan to find out- Another A/B test is in order. Now if I can only get that darn 12 volt trigger to work ......

After setting up my 970 fully I ended up not having enough video inputs on the back of the unit to do what I wanted to do. The 990 has one additional input. My wife also doesn't like the fact the inputs can't be named. I wouldm\n't have a problem learning what's what , but my set up needs to be as user friendly as possible so I can at least explain to my wife over the phone what buttons she has to push. I've ordered the 990 and I'm sending the 970 back this week.