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I've been a religious 2-channel music listener but have recently been playing around with Dolby Prologic IIx Music instead. I have to admit, I think I prefer it now that I've dialed in the front soundstage.

However, I've noticed that the bass signal sent to my subwoofer in DPIIx Music is at least 6-10 dB stronger than the signal sent to my sub when playing 2-channel stereo (either Bypass, Upsample of Stereo). I need to trim my subwoofer settings when I switch to DBIIx Music by a fair bit to reduce the signal by 6-10 dB.

Does anyone have an idea why this is happening? Do others experience this? Is it a quirk with DBIIx Music?

I'm surprised by this experience, especially considering that DBIIx Movie doesn't seem to "pump" the subwoofer signal.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

Bryan