The boost in the surround channels is real and aggravates the hell out off me.By the way, I used to feel Audyssey over boosted the surround channels when deq is on, now that I have the AVM70 for 3 months I know that isn't the case. The Anthem boost the surround channels just the same without deq, obviously. So, I think, logically, that the perceived Audyssey boost on surr channels might have been just reflecting what the movie mix practice change in recent years.
I've read their reasoning somewhere but still don't agree with it.
Since I leave DEQ on all the time, I went in and tamed the surrounds by -3 db and I often think
it could use a bit more. This is using music as a reference, I do watch the occasional movie but
my rig is playing music 90+% of the time.
BTW, I watched Jamie Lee Curtis's Halloween Ends for the second of third time last night.
What an excellent job she's done on that horror classic.
You go girl!