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I got a excellent deal on some Athenas from a canadian dealer (I live in MN). They were blowing out some AS-F2's when I called and I scored 2 brand new pairs for $767US SHIPPED. I am running my Athenas with an Onkyo TX-DS595 receiver that puts out 75x5 and I get tons and tons of bass, even...

Guns, computers, motorcycles, want to get into sky diving and ultralights.

That is correct, most recievers CANNOT decode dvd audio, it must be done by the player. I don't really think you are missing much by going that route. Your player may have higher quality decoding DAC's then your receiver anyway. Just use high quality interconnects and you are set.

The 5.1 rca outputs from your dvd player are analog. You would use this when you want the dvd player to do the dolby digital or dts decoding (depending on which formats the player can decode), the analog signal is then sent to the reciever for amplification and routing to the correct speakers...

Das Boot, the phantom menace, saving private ryan,

Boy, that sucks. I like the DTS track, but often I prefer to use the DD so I can us elate night mode and re-eq. I haven't tried Pearl Harbor since I got my 595, guess I'll try it out.

Kevin Simon, I am just checking what you said about re-eq. I have the onkyo 595 and you CANNOT use re-eq with a DTS soundtrack, only DD.

Saving Private Ryan has a ton of directional effects, The Phantom Menace, The Matrix. Definitely check out saving private ryan though (both the beach landing in the beginning and the tank battle towards the end). BTW, I just bought the same receiver and I love it!