Doc/Dean - are your experiences pre- or post feature pack upgrade on the Denon (or both)?
I ask because my experience was exactly the same as yours before the last update. However, with the feature pack upgrade and dynamic EQ enabled, it is night & day different from the way it was before, and clearly an improvement in sound in my room.
Since the upgrade, I've only found one video on which I liked the sound better with Audyssey off, and that was this weekend with the Rush Blu-Ray. On that, the surround mix is just a bit too strong and the echoes of Geddy's voice a bit to "reverbacious."
It reminds me a little of what you get when you select the "Wide" or "Concert" DSP mode on a receiver.
Of course, your mileage may vary, but on the balance, I've found it
very good since the last upgrade.
Jason
