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Receiver with subwoofer level buttons?

I have a Marantz SR8015 v2 receiver and the remote has like 40 buttons on it, 36 of them are NOT important to me and are never used. Is there a way to adjust the subwoofer level from the remote? THere’s no way I’m going into that clunky menu to adjust.

Why do I ask? I just went to JL Audio Fathom f113s and they don’t have remotes like SVS, but they do have a "Reference" mode that bypasses all controls on the sub allowing you to make adjustments from your receiver/preamp. Wouldn’t that make sense to put sub controls on the remote?

Manufacturers please take note: No one understands all those buttons on your remote. Everyone needs to make sub adjustments from the seating position. Please add level, phase, polarity, and freq cutoff buttons!

dtximages

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dtximages OP
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@soix I have SVS subs and their app and i do love the app (except it won't link multiple subs together).

This system is for everything from kids Disney, to my youtube, youtube tv, to serious two channel listening/rocking so it's nice to have better control at my finger tips.

Many of the subs settings can be done via the HT processor/preamp, but we bury those settings deep within the menus and they're rarely used.  If they'd put buttons on the remote, we could utilize them more and make it MUCH more convenient.  Since MOST subwoofer manufactures have not offered remotes, this would be awesome.

It looks like Emotiva and Anthem are the best bets.

dtximages OP
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@lonemountain  My point was 90% of the buttons are useless for 99% of the people using these things.  Why not change some of these useless buttons to levels/phase/polarity/xover etc... Things we all should be using.

Most of us love tinkering for best effects.  Systems change and move and no one wants to do the stupid subwoofer crawl every time something moves a few inches.  Not to mention, once I have it dialed in, I always find myself second guessing later on. It's nice to make changes on the fly from my chair to hear the difference in this vs that etc.  

The Marantz SR8015 remote has 68 buttons!!!!  that includes a channel up/down button which almost nobody uses...ever..  Why not make that rocker switch a customizable level for the sub or center, or rear, or something useful.

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