Bloated bass and the panasonic digital receiver


I bought a panny to give to my Dad, but have it hooked up right now just for fun on my big rig. It sounds pretty good but the bass is bloated/loose. I am running a philips 963 via monster digital cable to the panny. I have it on party mode to give each speaker 200wpc. The upsampler is off. I set it to front right and left speakers only. Bass synthesizer is off.Any thoughts?
streetdaddy

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Dmoffitt- The party mode is feeding 4 channels of stereo. I'm basically biamping my speakers { piega p10's.} This makes it 200wpc, which is more than the Belles i had before. I never noticed this bass bloat before. I was told the bass of the philips can sound this way also. Maybe i'm just turning it up louder now that i've got 200 wpc and noticing it more? I guess i need to get the rives cd to test my room.
I've got the new xr50 model. Speaker placement is 3.5 ft from front wall. The piega's are said to like high current/power. They dip to 4 ohms. That's prolly the problem. Like i said, i'm giving this to my father pretty soon. I'm waiting for the release of the new concerto integrated. I was using the Belles 250i integrated before this and it sounded much better. I think it's a good amp but not a replacement for a high quality 2 channel amp.