The Ref30 applies NO bass management to the 5.1 analof ins. It's pure pass-thru when in 5-Side or 5-Back. When listening to the 5.1 inputs in something OTHER than 5 main speakers, the 96/24 lite will come on as it's digitizing the input to route to the selected # of speakers. In this process I do not believe it's doing any bass management or time alignment either.
I think the Ref50 has the exact same analog side as the Ref30, and the same method of speaker selection. I had the Ref30.
- Dieter