A quick question if I may, concerning dynamic range. Are you selecting the amount of compression, or the amount of dynamic range when choosing min/std/max ? According to most of what I've heard, a setting of min indicates minimum compression and therefore maximum dynamic range. I've been operating under this assumption since I purchased my current unit. My manual reads as follows;

Dynamic Range- Use to select the amount of dynamic range compression to be applied to your speakers or headphones. This setting is effective only when the unit is decoding Dolby Digital and DTS signals. Choices- MAX, STD, MIN

It goes on to provide the following guide to Headphone Settings- MAX for feature film, STD for general listening, MIN for listening to sources at low volume.

This would indicate to me that MAX actually menas MAXIMUM dynamic range as would be ideal for movies, and that MIN would be for MINIMUM dynamic range so you don't get blown out by effects while unable to hear dialogue during low volume playback. A quick check of the difference between MIN and MAX during digital playback seems to point toward supporting this observation with increased surround activity and louder overall playback level for a given relative db setting on the receiver. Any thoughts?