Gonk,
Correct me if I'm wrong. For music, analog stereo is better digital right? However, I will disconnect last stereo cable that I hook up to my 990 from my DVD player when I get home.

I set input for my dvd player to use Coaxial instead of analog. So it shouldn't use analog signal. The reason I use Neo:6 Music because it produced better sound (less volume) than other modes. I have to turn volume all the way up (almost +1 db) for the modest sound when using DD or DTS.

Last but not least, Sony is my DVD player. I use her to watch movie and music.