re #2: You know, I'd been blaming my DVD player for the brief silence when changing between decoding modes. Yeah, I get that too -- lasts probably a second when changing from 5.1 to 2.0. It's never really bothered me, just something I notice from time to time when entering menus on my DVD's.

re #3: I can tell a difference between Natural, Jazz, and whatever the rest of the DSP modes are called on my 1050 -- they are definitely different from Pro-Logic surround. Aside from Natural, most are generally pretty unappealing (never liked the modes on any receiver I've had, tho). Natural might be useful for TV watching, but I don't generally use it.

[This message has been edited by gonk (edited December 09, 2001).]