You're right about Bob Pariseau - he is very knowledgeable about the ins/outs of Oppo players and DSD/PCM processing. After reading his comments I can see why it is best (for me) to set the Oppo SACD output to PCM and use the 7.1 inputs on the Outlaw 976. That way I get the correct subwoofer crossover processing, and the right channel assignment for discs without LFE. For Bluray and DVDs I will use bitstream through HDMI - so the 976 can decode the high-resolution formats on them.
Thanks for your help.
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Oppo BDP-103 / Outlaw 976 / 2 Parasound Halo A23's / NAD 2150 / 5 Ascend CBM-170's / DSPeaker 3300 / Hsu VTF4-Mk2
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Regards,
BenH2