My previous Pre-Pro was a Marantz AV550 that had DD and DPL. I must say that the 950 sounds MUCH better for movies and to a slightly lesser degree music.

I too have some gripes about the remote, most of which have been stated already so I won't say anymore on the subject other than I will be doing some programming on either my RC2000 or my Pronto.

Other than the remotes short comings I have been VERY happy with the DPL2 performance with cable programming and also music to some extent.

I am still toying with the different DPL2 music settings at this time and it may be a while before I settle on what settings (center width, dimension etc)to use.

My initial music preferences are DPL2-M, then DTS NEO6 followed by 5Stereo. Though I think the 5Stereo would be great for parties or get togethers.

Overall I am very happy!

More to come later............



[This message has been edited by marc seals (edited May 10, 2002).]