Jeremy, glad you have experienced 'the full power of the deep side' (say it in your best Darth Vader voice)! When your NAD comes back I would triple check all of the settings in the NAD and the Oppo to make sure nothing was incorrect or not compatible to cause this issue. If you still have the issue when it comes back, can you test with another AVR just to make sure it really is the NAD and not an Oppo setting?
My best guess on the issue you were hearing (or not hearing in this case) is that once you manually set the EP500 to a reasonable listening level you may have 'maxed out' the EP500 gain based on the 'weakness' of the incoming signal and the DSP in the EP was limiting the output to protect the innards and resulted in less than optimal output. I'm sure one of the actual smart knowledgeable dudes will be along with a more inspired explanation than mine, but at least I tried! Keep us posted on what happens when the NAD returns.
BTW - funny sig.
Cheers,
Last edited by cb919; 01/25/12 07:49 PM. Reason: homage to the sig
