If the pure Direct Mode does what is says it does, than there is no reason for me to run two different setups. One for home theatre and one for analog music playback. I have to do more research onthe Pure Direct mode.
Although the manual and others always say the “Pure Direct” mode bypasses all processing on my Denon 2807 it had a menu option to have the subwoofer either “ON” or “OFF” in all 2ch modes. This setting was separate from the various multi-channel modes which could have the subwoofer turned “ON” even if it was “OFF” in 2ch.
On my Onkyo I simply cycle through the output options were “Direct” doesn’t use the subwoofer but “Stereo” does if I set it to in a submenu.
I imagine you should have the option to have the subwoofer not be engaged when using 2ch modes just a matter of finding the settings.
