Thanks for the quick reply, Altec. It does raise the question whether it's worth while to change from the 990 to the 997 and losing the phono input for the sake of something of such debatable benefit. (At least until one really needs three HDMI inputs.)

Re less "Hi-Fi" and more musical deviations from "ruler flat", is there any benefit to a 2-db-per-octave rolloff starting at 2 KHz? (That's about the same as -5 db at 10 KHz, which I think is settable on the 990.)

Re "take into consideration the subtitles", do you mean "subtleties"?

Your messages, and Gonk's of course, are among the most consistently interesting in this Saloon.