Some of you guys are missing the point. The bypass mode was designed that way, the "Stereo" and "upsample" modes were not. There have been multiple confirmations that the sub signal is full range on Stereo and upsample modes which makes the bass management completely useless for any analog input for those using a subwoofer, not just those who want to use bypass.

If that is not a big deal on a piece of audio equipment costing over a thousand dollars, I don't know what it would take for you guys to say what a big deal would be.

As to using the subs crossover...if the digital inputs are correctly bass managed, then every time you switch from a digital input to an analog input you must get up and change the subwoofer crossover to avoid cascading crossovers. One input sends one signal range and another sends a different one.

How many potential buyers have a subwoofer and want to use the CD analog inputs...or any analog input for that matter? My guess is quite a few. Those potential buyers deserve to know the 990 WILL NOT ACCOMPLISH what it states it will do. If anyone thinks it's a shame that they find out about this before they buy it, well then...that's just plain mean.