Personally, the only reason I use analog cables on my DVD player are for DVD-Audio; otherwise, I stick with the digital audio output (optical in my case, for what it's worth). If you have better DAC's in your player than in your 950, you could use the analog cables in stereo bypass (or on the 5.1 analog input) for CD listening, but depending on the player the 950 may be better at D/A. You may find that the 950's DAC's are better than those in the Sony megachanger or the Panny RP62, but I haven't tried them myself and could be wrong.

As for hearing the sub in stereo bypass mode, you would need an ICBM -- or you would need to connect the left and right analog outputs to the 5.1 analog input on the 950 and turn the analog bass management on.

Always so many options...

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