Well, so far I have been loving the Oppo w/ my 970...

Today though, I tried hooking up the Oppo w/ the 7.1 analog output, instead of the digital Coax like I was running.

First thing that goes wrong. After setting up everything as far as speaker set-up in the Oppo and letting the 970 know what type of signal was coming in, VERY little low-end came out of my LFM1-EX. Other than the analog signals, I made no changes to the SMS-1 or anything else. (I tried all three settings on the bypass to no avail)

2nd, when I try switching back to the coax to see the difference, I have to turn the volume up by about 20-25 db from where it was before, and again, very little action out of the sub.

Any ideas?