i am very impressed with the bypass .. i go from musichall 25 analog to 990 the out to my audiocontrol octave.. to ati1506 to my tannoy dmt12II's sounds as good as my old adcom gtp.. the stereo setting doesnt do anything for me .. but the umsample is nice to hear.. bypass has won for 2 channel.. i find the analog cd input stronger than the digital inputs.. i listen to dvd at about 15 loud to 30 normal listening.. and when go to cd bypass 20 is really rocking ..