Hi Razlaw AST works better the worst placed the loudspeaker are. In other words, the nearer your setup is to perfect, the less you need AST. I guess it depends on how badly placed your rear loudspeakers are. Perhaps you could ask you dealer to upgrade the software and try different configurations for you. I would say though that the upgrade and set

Hi Chris When AST is switched on there is no longer a speaker 1,2,3 etc option, indeed Front left/right etc no longer exist. There are simply loudspeakers that play sound and depending on their position they might play a bit of centre channel, a bit of front channel or even a bit of surround channel as well to give the total illusion of a correct surround

Hi Chris Perhaps it would be useful if you had a brief explanation of what AST is and what it does for you. Lets start with the problem first, a DSS set-up has a 'perfect' set-up which is often compromised for convenience, pure aesthetics or to simply to please your partner so you can have the loudspeakers you want :-) The perfect setup would