in the setup for stereo subs that SH suggests, the sub is set to 'no'.

that means that the LFE is being summed with the redirected bass from any speakers set to 'small' and sent to the front lreft and front right speakers.

SH then suggests splitting the signal with an external crossover, low pass sent to the sub and high pass sent to the front speaker.

i contend, simply, that with this setup, the summing of LFE signal with the bass from the FL and FR, plus the bass from any speaker set to 'small', negates the stereo bass effect in multi-channel formats.

rghinton: if you set your sub to 'no', and your FL, C and FR to 'large', it will work fine. you will, however, have the LFE signal, split equally, sent to those speakers also, along with any redirected bass from the satellites (if they are set to 'small').

there is a huge difference between stereo and multi-channel music:

1. stereo has only 2 channels of signal. even if you use BM and a sub, you are only getting low pass filtered bass into the sub.

2. multi-channel soundtracks have a discrete LFE channel that is limited to 120 hz. it is output through the 950's SW output, along with the bass from any speakers set to 'small'.

3. multi-channel dvd-a/sacd have a discrete 6th channel. some discs do not use the channel at all, some use it for full range signal and some use it for LFE signal.

for the record, i agree with SH's setup, with 1 small difference. i believe the LFE channel should have it's own output, filter and slope options and 360 degree phase adjustment option, sent to it's own sub/amp. the LFE sub/amp should have a high pass output for a satellite to be used in the case of full range signal in dvd-a/sacd formats. this way, you get full benefit of the .1 channel in any multi-channel format, and the stereo subs will work measurably better without .1 signal contamination.