bachtoven

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Oppo 105 Analog vs HDMI?
I'll swap it back to the dedicated m-ch outs and see (or hear...) what happens. I don't know why the manual would recommend using the main stereo outs unless I wildly misinterpreted it! 
Oppo 105 Analog vs HDMI?
Why would you "certainly expect it (or any MCH-equipped player) to sound congested the way [I] have it hooked up"? 
Oppo 105 Analog vs HDMI?
It's on the bottom of page 74 in my edition--item number 7 in the Other Audio Processing section. 
Oppo 105 Analog vs HDMI?
Yes, as suggested by the owner's manual. It sounded even worse with the FL/FR outputs! 
Oppo 105 Analog vs HDMI?
Yes, the Audyssey only works with HDMI. I'm keen to preserve the DSD resolution as long as possible without downsampling to PCM, which is what the Audyssey does. Perhaps the people who praise the analog outs only listen to it in stereo.