Hi Bayetta,

Let me try to put your mind a bit at ease from a fellow non-techie who is often totally confused by the level of sophistication of others on this forum. If you set up the configuration program properly, which is not hard to do as proven by myself, you are 95% of the way to getting your system optimized. With the subs set properly I bet that you will hear an appreciable improvement and the set up is not really any more difficult than a Rotel receiver and passive speakers. I say this from personal experience as this is the route I took. And the benefits are truly outstanding.

The SPL and room corrections and all that stuff is in the configuration program to tweak the last 5% out of your system. To put it in context I haven't bothered with either yet with my latest processor change because my wife said that last time there was no audible difference.

Aloha,

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