As a dealer who was very familiar with the 500 series I can tell you emphatically that the 598 via .MM yielded silence from 1 out of every 15-20 DVDs. I actually had to hook up the additional coax digital out just to avoid embarrassing demos to clients...

Not trying to be negative, just tellin' it like it is (or was, rather) smile

568.2mm, G61, D5k96/24, D5kC96/24, M60.2