Bloated bass and the panasonic digital receiver

your dad wasn't at least worth Rotel, NAD, Integra, Marantz or similar? Unless you have circuit city stock, *tsk tsk* :D

just teasing you of course, but what concerns me is "party mode" - is there some kind of stereo/direct/2ch mode? or is that what you're speaking of?

Dmoffitt- The party mode is feeding 4 channels of stereo. I'm basically biamping my speakers { piega p10's.} This makes it 200wpc, which is more than the Belles i had before. I never noticed this bass bloat before. I was told the bass of the philips can sound this way also. Maybe i'm just turning it up louder now that i've got 200 wpc and noticing it more? I guess i need to get the rives cd to test my room.

Have you tried it in non-party mode?

I'll try that today and get back....

The XR45 does not output 100wpc, it's more like 70wpc. Also the amp does require about a week of running in for it's tonal balance to settle in. You need to tell us more about what kind of load the Piega's present in the bass region. Does it work best with a high current, high damping factor amp? If you're not matching SPL levels in your comparison, then your results can be very misleading. Also, party mode has no effect on sound quality.

The Panasonic XR45 is a marvelous value at a little over the $300 street price. It's a strong sonic performer in an all digital system competitive with anything I've heard for less than $1,000.