Advice needed with AVR Pairing for Focial Vestia No.3

[AnalogSteph]

I think I neglected to mention it but I plugged both towers and center speaker into the l/r and center terminals individually. No matter what was connected to the l/r terminal the noise would only come from whatever was connected to those specific terminals including the center speaker. No noise was emitted from the center terminal from any of the 3 speakers when connected to it.

This is so weird. If anything I'd have expected that the front L/R channels would perform better than the others.

The hiss is noticeable up close at lower audio levels i.e. 50/100 but only when putting an ear to the tweeter otherwise it’s quite loud at 75/100 ++ (the video was taken at 75/100) when I’m utilizing modes that involve digital processing. It’s only noticeable at max volume in the direct/pure modes which don’t involve digital processing. It wouldn’t be a huge deal but it’s definitely annoying in quieter scenes in movies and if I’d be able to virtually eliminate the noise with a “better” avr I’d go that route.

So it's not the PGA that's the problem (as it should be in a modern unit), but rather something in the digital section. I have to wonder whether they are accidentally mixing in the ADC input or converting to 16 bits somewhere. 75/100 is fairly high; if it translates to about -25 dB as I assume, it would be about 11-12 o'clock on a traditional volume pot. Quite demanding, those movies.