Don't know man, my 812 isn't as bad as my 6019 was.....but still noticeable. It could be some sort of processing that I will never figure out...I just adjust the volume offsets to account for it.Is this a Kenwood thing? I have a (now ancient) DDX7015 and the DVD is way lower than all other inputs. I thought maybe it was trying to process DD5.1 from the signal or something and that's why it was so soft but happens even on regular CDs. Meh, who knows. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif