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In Reply to: You can do it now with the S55 posted by theaudiohiffle on April 08, 2004 at 09:11:58:
I do not know what the advantage of the 55 is, but I do not want to hear the downsampled mix stereo sample. I want to be able to hear the stereo mixes of Nightfly, Kamakiraid, Say You Will, and of course, "Steady Pull". And avoid the extra circuitry of m\c.Now if there were a 2 channel Univrsal player, that could replace my 555ES.
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...it has three different selections of upsampling/noise shaping that work on RBCD and also on 48khz dVD-A. It has an "audio only" switch that shuts off the tv, and using the audio button it is only one click and one click on the direction arrow and most cd's are switched into their stereo mode. I usually use it video off, and I know this for a fact.It also, for what it is worth, is claimed in the manual to put out 24/96 through the coax, although I haven't tested this and find it hard to imagine..but if you had a benchmark dac or some other which could handle 24/96 DAD apparently it can be used.
Sound is not uncolored but it is extrememly transparant (more so than my SONY C222ES by far and more so than any DVD-A player I have tried under $500).
Harry
Sounds promising
...I thought too that the companies had decided not to do it. But here is what it says on page 21 under the heading "Digital Output (DVD-V, DVD-A" and the sub-head "down conversion":"Select how to output audio with a sampling frequency of 96khz or 88.2khz. Select "yes" (downconvert) if the equipment you connect cannot process signals with a sampling frequency of 96khz or 88.2khz. ("No" Factory Preset: Output as 96khz or 88.2khz).
It goes on to note that anything higher than 96khz is automatically downconverted to 48khz or 44.1khz regardless of setting.
Now, this manual is a model of confusion and incoherence, so it is possible that they are referring only to DD. But that's not what it says, and it specifically specifies it applying to DVD-A as well as DVD-V. So presumable 24/96 DVD-A and 24/96 DAD's can be output at 24/96.
I don't have a converter to test this, and have simply turned off the digital output.
Harry
Seems that I've read that DVD-A allows for the output at higher sample/bit rates as an OPTION to the authors. Meaning, most big studio DVD-As apply the downconversion automatically as a form of content-protection. I don't know if this is a feature of DVD-A or MLP. I do know that the only DVD-A disc I have that allows for the passing of hirez is the Beach Boys Pet Sounds , and even then, only the original mono mix.As for DADs, they'll pass the 96/24 as they don't have this copy-protection feature. Thats probably why more studios haven't embraced the format.
My question is, does your player output the upsampled CD info at the higher rates?
...and thus not output digitally. Only analog.
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