Well it does have a subwoofer out for incoming signals containing a ".1" ch.; I assume you mean you don't like that there's no sub out for incoming 2.0 content in Pure Direct mode, yes?
I didn't know some Denon/Marantz differ in this way. That must be new. Of course there's no law regarding what "Pure Direct" even means, so technically any company can do whatever they want but could you give an example of one I could do more research on to learn about it? Thanks.
Yes, I mean for 2.0 sources (like for my analog karaoke source).
Denon/Marantz has always offered this for as long as I can remember.
When I use any other modes for karaoke (stereo, straight), this still requires processing and this causes the annoying sound delays when I sing on the microphone. But when I use Pure Direct, there is absolutely no sound delays. This happens with all AVR’s I’ve used.
But for Denon, I can set the Subwoofer mode to THX + Main (some call this double bass) and this allows subwoofer output from 2.0 sources even in PD mode. No sound delays on my karaoke mics.
Yamaha has “Double Bass”, but PD shuts this off.