I re-read the review from Stereophile and I defer to your wisdom! "Using the Transporter to convert the Oppo's 96kHz digital output made me understand what all the fuss is about. Forget "good for the money"now we're talking world-class. What's that you say? Using a $2000 DAC makes no sense with a $150 front end? Au contraire, mon ami, which is French for in a pig's eye. Many audiophiles, prosumers, and folks with music servers already have hi-rez DACs in our systemsthe DV-970HD gives us an affordable means of feeding them high-octane digital."
"On the other hand, the DV-970HD is aimed at A/V enthusiasts, who generally use their players' digital outputs and perform the D/A conversion offboard. If you have a hi-rez DAC that can utilize 96kHz signals, you can benefit from that increased bandwidth, as I did. If you have HDMI-compatible gear, you can benefit from 24-bit word length as well, although I did not audition the DV-970HD that way, since none of my A/V gear supports that standard (I'm hi-fi proud, but HT poor)." This DVD-A stuff is as clear as mud. Some internet sources indicate you can get the full 24/96K resolution from the stereo mixes on DVD-A's. I wish the Transporter could display bit depth/sample rate from from its digital inputs, as it can from other sources. http://www.stereophile.com/hirezplayers/507oppo/index1.html -- ghostrider ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ghostrider's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18959 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65895
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