Originally posted by Rene S. Hollan:
I don't understand why some people, when presented with the limits of what is possible given application of a particular philosophy to product design (open access to various implementation details), reject the philosophy soley on the basis that some extremes cases of its application may not be economically practical or legally possible.
That's because "some people" see more practical alternatives.
There's nothing to stop a hammer manufacturer from putting a philip-head screwdriver at the base of a hammer so that it can serve double-duty and do the work of two tools. However, you don't see any hammers like this because screwdrivers already exist and are a more practical tool for that application.
Similarly, the type of functionality that you want (which, let's face it, is the ability to remix a movie soundtrack), is more practically done with an inexpensive mixing console. Not being "economically practical or legally possible" are valid reasons for not squeezing that functionality into home theatre pre-amp/decoders.
This isn't something specific to the 990. There isn't a single HT pre-pro that has the sort of re-mix capability that you want. And that's not based on some rejection of a "particular philosophy", but just a matter of practicality.
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