Yeah mine is a bit newer so just different/more choices.
Hope I don't get called out again for liking what you said.
I believe that old Listening Mode Preset doesn't exist on newer AVR's because their processing and memory functions are vastly superior. No need to force the inputs what to do with any signal.
I've been watching Seinfeld start to finish...really bad 2 channel sound, the original was probably mono.
I tried all DSP functions, and Neural:X actually sounded best. (Don't really like Neural:X and rarely use it)
Now, every time I play one of those episodes from file, my Pioneer switches to Neural:X. I didn't need to tell the AVR what to do..it somehow knows and doesn't switch to Neural:X for anything else that's 2 channel.
Given the wide variations in how sources are recorded and mastered, it's probably not good to assume they all will sound best with the same DSP processing applied based on what input they happen to be on.
Pushing a couple of buttons to get the best sound with your sources isn't that hard, is it ?
I just don't get this thread.
