Skunk;186056 Wrote: > If you consider DSP to be bass/treble management then I suppose that is > true. If you consider DSP to be the way these players decode HDCD, > SACD, and DVD-A- then I would argue that it would be very desirable to > have the digital out go through DSP.
Sure, I agree with that...but it can't happen with SACD and DVD-A -by design- and I think you and I agree at this point that it probably won't happen with HDCD without modifications. Your block diagram clearly shows that digital inputs go through the DSP, so I was wrong about that. But in order for the digital outputs to be bit perfect, which is definitely something that's desireable for everything *but* getting a decoded HDCD output, the DSP cannot alter a single bit of the incoming digital signal. You'd have to connect the data that's coming out of the DSP and going to to the DAC with the S/PDIF transmitter out. This wouldn't be cheap, because although A/V receivers are described as cheap POSes by many audiophiles, HDCD-equipped receivers run in the $1000+ range. Marantz doesn't do it until the 7001, $1399.99 MRSP, Denon not until the 3806, $1299 MSRP. Having someone modifying it would add $500? $1500+ worth of extra equipment is not chump change. It seems the software approach is the best one at this point. -- Mark Lanctot "It's like, you know, a New Age religion, but with better treble response." - Jon Heal ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32967 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
