I listened a little before running Audyssey and it was the same with the 2300.

Guess I shouldn't have said "gimmick", instead I should have said sound processing. I prefer more natural or "pure" less compression and artificial sound manipulations. The Audyssey LFC is supposed to help keep base from traveling through the walls but from some of the reviews I have seen, this also takes away from the quality of the sound. Not a big fan of any compression either. But I can play with them.

M60
VP180
M2i
Sony STR-DN 1080