I've managed to set up a Google search that pulls up lots of reviews, articles and forum posts regarding this exact same issue. It probably isn't news, but unless I'm very much mistaken the G68 isn't handling it exactly as it should. The LFE analogue output should be 10dB low by spec., I haven't been able to exactly fathom why yet, but I've read it in enough places to believe it.

There should be a way of raising the LFE by 10dB elsewhere in the chain so that disc test levels produce equal dB across the spectrum. I can't believe the mastering levels of BD are going to be manifestly different from DVD as there is no way of compensating for that in a player that by design can cope with playing both disc standards. Other manufacturers (other than Meridian) have a method of compensating for this issue so that when playing via 5 or 7.1 analogue outputs 10dB boost is added to the .1 channel.

In my case it certainly isn't selecting Discrete instead of Cinema - I cottened on to that one straight away. I honestly think that the Meridian's analogue input isn't coping with 5.1 analogue audio from BD players as it should be, or I'm missing something very obvious. SPDIF comes out 10dB higher, and I'm willing to bet the HD621 will too from speaking to HD621 owners privately today.

I'd love to be proved wrong.

Tim