Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater So... was the upgrade worth it?

I don't think there's anything wrong with Onkyo's DAC or surround processor unless they've cost-reduced or introduced bugs since I purchased mine. As for the AccuEQ, that's a different story. I think Onkyo made a big mistake moving away from Audyssey before perfecting their own correction.

The "over-powering" you are hearing could be due to a setting in your surround menu. You can broaden or narrow your centre image for PLII and NEO. PLII also has a wrap-around mode that you can defeat if it doesn't sound natural.

Of course there's also the possibility that you've evaporated a lot of your grey matter by listening to multi-channel stereo and no amount of electronic wizardry will ever help you hear well again.