SQ Kid said:
is ther any way to "amplify" (for lack of better words) the digital in? like boost it or adjust the other inputs to be a bit more equal?
Onkyo has a feature they call IntelliVolume which is meant to help with making the volume levels of the sources more equal. Other brands may have something similar, but I am not aware of any.
Essentially IntelliVolume lets you set a 'correction' factor for each input. So say the CD input is about +5dB louder than most DVDS (because cds are nearly always compressed and extremely loud to begin with). You could set the CD input's IV setting to -5dB as a means of compensating. Not sure if the same can be done for the tuner - I haven't bothered to use the IV feature.