Hi Mike,

About the only way of doing this with just a push of a button would be to change the way the L/R analog bypass input to my board is connected inside your DC-1. If onlythe L/R channels was moved from being directly connected to the input and put behind the DC-1s analog input switching (right ahead of the ADC) you can get both the multi-channel analog input as well as the ability to have a 2 channel analog bypass on any remaining analog inputs.

HOWEVER, in doing so the L/R channel ends up being roughly 10dB lower then all the other channels when in analog bypass mode. If the player offers enough level control over its analog outputs you can adjust for this. BTW... in the Oppo *never* turn up the speaker outputs above 0dB, only turn them down.

You are correct that even in 2 channel effect and effect bypass still results in the main L/R output having gone through a A/D and D/A stage in the Lexicon. The Zone 2 output is a true analog bypass and of course so is my modification.

Thanks,

Shawn

"I assume that mod would affect all the L R analog inputs, right?"

You could use any of the analog inputs for 2 channel analog bypass if needed.

"So if  I had the Oppo stereo connected to say the aux and my tuner connected to the tape input via analog, it would drop 10 db too?"

All your regular analog inputs are already doing this. You just don't see it happen. It is only an issue when you use the multi-channel analog bypass as the L/Rs get dropped 10 dB and nothing else does.

"And I couldn't use the Lex processing at all on any analog inputs? "

Sure you can. Just don't setup the input to be an analog bypass and the analog inputs work they way they always have.

"is there not a way to hard wire that input to the L R, in addition to the VCR1 inputs which also go to the L R? "

No, there isn't.

" I noticed a large bump in output depending on which effect I assigned to the 8 channel by pass. "

Yes, the Lexicon plays around with levels in the analog domain depending upon what mode it is running. Pick a mode to use the bypass and stick with it so you can balance your speaker levels properly in the analog bypass mode. If you change mode your speaker balance is thrown off.

"Do you think I could fiddle with the assigned affect and find an acceptable difference between the output of the 2 CH L R and the other inputs if modified as you mentioned?"

Drop all speaker levels other then the L/R in the Oppo by 10dB and you would be balanced.

"Or is there a switch that could be used to toggle between the Oppo 2 ch and Oppo MCH L R into the Lexicon bypass? "

Sure, any 2 channel analog switch would do this. But you would have to switch this manually. Radio Shack sells (or at least sold) them.

Shawn