I have the Outlaw 950 with Parasound amps, the 2205AT and 1500A. I have a Sony 555ES SACD, with Monitor Audio Gold 60 series mains. I have Gold 10 series rear surronds with Gold Fx di-pole surronds. The tone controls on my 950 are set at zero. I have tried them at different setting but found that they didnt add anything to my music listening. I leave the tone controls at zero for my home theater also. With good speaker placement and calibration you will really enjoy your multi channel music and movies. DOBEMAN