Quote Originally Posted by kexodusc
Wow, what a shock...personally I found it "faked up" the sound and much prefer the DPIIx and DTS Neo modes, or most of Yamaha's music DSP's or H/K's processing...and to tell you the truth I wasn't fond of any of them that much eitehr.
I remember being involved in threads complaining about that DSP... so much negative feedback that I'm absolutely floored...8 years later I find someone who did in fact like it.

That's great, I think the world is usually too hard on DSP's which can add a bit of fun sometimes...

Hershon: Enjoy your purchases...I knew that Denon would be a winner, I spent a week or so with it back in the day and came darn close to buying it myself...it's STILL a A+ unit.
Well, actually I usually listen to music in plain ol' stereo. I have an integrated stereo amp that is used independently for stereo sources and as my front L/R amp for 5.1 so I don't even bother turning on the AV stuff when listening to music most of the time (unless, of course, I'm listening to multi-channel SACD, DVD-A, or DTS CDs). I find PLII Music to be too heavy-handed with its surround steering and as I mentioned above the Marantz receiver I have that has PLII doesn't allow you to make adjustments independent of the main channel level/delay/bass management settings.

My friend has an Onkyo receiver and its "Studio Mix" can be set up to sound pretty decent (again, I'm talking about DSPs for stereo music only). I know another person with a Lexicon pre/pro and their "Logic 7" mode can work quite well. OTOH, I once owned a Yamaha pre/pro/3 channel amp and its DSPs were absolutely awful. Go figure