[Vader]

Well, I just ran several comparisons using the old DVE disc in my Denon player (coming in via optical), the SD DVD in the A1, and the HD version. It appears that the 10dB discprepancy still exists in the sub tones - can anyone confirm? Also, a minor oddity I noticed is that the A1 will not allow me to select the 6.1 test tones on the SD side - it just highlights the "Return" option. Weird. On AVS (I think) it was posted that the BM problem is only apparent when using Dolby TrueHD or Dolby Digital Plus over the analog channels. Regular DD or DTS is not affected, even over analog...? This was not what I found in my comparisons, however. Everything coming over the analog channels appears to be affected equally. I believe that HDMI is not affected at all, but I have no way to check this. My Denon is applying a +15dB boost to the analog LFE, and I had to bump the AVR trim to +2.0. This is in contrast to my regular standard def player (coming in via optical), which has an AVR trim of -2.0.... I have also heard that the LFE problem is related to the distribution of LFE to the mains if they are set to "large". I keep all my mains to small, so I don't know about that one.

Long story short (too late, I know): even with the HD DVD version of DVE, my satellites are calibrated to 75dB, and the subs to 85dB.