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 I replaced the Pioneer VSX-42 with a Pioneer VSX-1023. This model is newer than the VSX-42 and has anadded feature that is useful. The speaker setup system has a new mode, 'Bi-Amp.' I've altered the programming to run in Bi-Amp speaker mode. Previously, the 'Surround Side' speakers were used for the speaker wooers, and the 'Surround Front' speakers were used for the horns.

 I have suffered significant hearing loss over my life and decided to make an adaptation. I enjoy listening to and performing music, on occasion. What I hear is determined by my ears' frequency response curves. An equalizer allows me to epmphasize weak frequencies in my hearing. My AVR does not have an adequate equalizer. The headphone input on the AVR now has an Alesis M-230 30 band stereo equalizer attached. The equalizer was already in my stockpile. All I needed were a couple of adapters for the headphone-to-AVR interface. I had one and ordered the other online. The equalizer's 30 bands allowed precise modification and therefore an accurate representation and compensation of hearing loss, in each ear. I can now listen to music as played for normal hearing ability.