@snopro Thanks! That’s exactly what I’ll do with the subs. They do have speaker level inputs, so should be fine.
@tksteingraber thanks for sharing the tech’s info and the thread.
@jslateiv thanks for the explanation on the grounding — makes sense. Nowvthat I know how it’s meant to operate, i can set it up properly. The Freya+ spoiled me with features but the Chardonnay sounds so much better.
Thank you all for helping me out!