ps3 sound quality

[Stripes]

Im confused on what to set my music options on the ps3 to, there are all these different settings and bit rates, what is the best option for optimum sound quality, my connection is via HDMI,

 

[Seth=L]

Linear PCM, this means the PS3 decodes the DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD formats internally converting them to high resolution lossless multichannel PCM for output over HDMI. The receiver can then add it's post processing to the PCM since it's still in the digital domain. There is no signal quality loss.

If you chose to run the PS3 at bitstream you would get the stripped down versions of the HD audio tracks. For example, if you are watching a movie with a DTS-HD MA 7.1 audio track and it is output over HDMI as Bitstream the receiver will only get standard 5.1 DTS (which you can get by watching a DVD). By using Linear PCM output you are getting all the resolution of the original sound track.

Be sure you are routing the HDMI output from the PS3 to the Pioneer receiver then to the display you are using.

 

[Stripes]

Thanks Seth, I was leaning more towards playing CD's though, there are all these bit rates like 48 all the way to 320 is higher better? Then it gives some other options like 48khz then another that has 44.1khz/88.2khz,then 176khz. Ive tried all kinds of combinations, I remember when I had a demo with the set up and it was set to 192khz and it sounded very good sonic wise, but I cant get the ps3 to output that. Im sure Im off base on something and could use a point in the right direction. Thanks, Josh

 

[BostonMark]

Pcm

Im confused on what to set my music options on the ps3 to, there are all these different settings and bit rates, what is the best option for optimum sound quality, my connection is via HDMI,

Set your Playstation to PCM, the PS3 decodes all the newest Blu Ray audio codecs including DTS HD MA.

(The PS3 will bitstream old audio codecs like Dolby Digital EX and DTS , but it cannot bitstream 7.1 or the new Blue Ray codecs. )

Your receiver will show this as PCM, because the receiver isn't doing the decoding, the PS3 is. So PCM via HDMI

 

[BostonMark]

ah, the other question was already answered

Thanks Seth, I was leaning more towards playing CD's though, there are all these bit rates like 48 all the way to 320 is higher better? Then it gives some other options like 48khz then another that has 44.1khz/88.2khz,then 176khz. Ive tried all kinds of combinations, I remember when I had a demo with the set up and it was set to 192khz and it sounded very good sonic wise, but I cant get the ps3 to output that. Im sure Im off base on something and could use a point in the right direction. Thanks, Josh

Your PS3 won't output 192 kHz in CD playback, because CDs aren't recorded that high, only some SACDs or DVD-Audios. Depending on your PS model, you can play SACDs. Regular CDs are recorded at 44.1, so no matter what you do, it won't come out as 192

 

[Cruise Missile]

The PS3 does a pretty neat little trick, it auto detects the formats your receiver can output. If you run the auto set-up for the audio you will see the list of supported formats/bit rates just before saving. If you are unable to choose one it may be because the PS3 is preventing sending one that may damage your gear.

Hope this info helps.

 

[gus6464]

Your PS3 won't output 192 kHz in CD playback, because CDs aren't recorded that high, only some SACDs or DVD-Audios. Depending on your PS model, you can play SACDs. Regular CDs are recorded at 44.1, so no matter what you do, it won't come out as 192

The PS3 will upconvert the signal up to 172Hz or something like that when playing a CD. Feature was added a while back.

 

[dobyblue]

The PS3 will upconvert the signal up to 172Hz or something like that when playing a CD. Feature was added a while back.

It can upsample CD's to 16/176.4, which is four times the sampling rate of CD.
If your receiver doesn't have 192kHz capability then you'd want to set it to 88.2 output as all receivers that accept audio across HDMI can handle 24/96.

 

[Fredhizzle]

Be sure you are routing the HDMI output from the PS3 to the Pioneer receiver then to the display you are using.[/QUOTE]

what if you only have 1 hdmi input for my hitachi 50V720 TV! does that mean ill have to choose between hd sound vs hd audio?

 

[mfabien]

Be sure you are routing the HDMI output from the PS3 to the Pioneer receiver then to the display you are using.

what if you only have 1 hdmi input for my hitachi 50V720 TV! does that mean ill have to choose between hd sound vs hd audio?[/QUOTE]


Receivers equipped for HDMI have several HDMI inputs and one HDMI output. That takes care of HD TV plus the PS3. The drawback for not having multiple HDMI inputs for the TV is Picture settings for the Display. When calibrating a recording player, DVD, HD DVD or BD, the picture settings are normally different compared to TV broadcasting. Therefore, one must compromise, but, there are players which have picture settings and that permits leaving the TV settings to better accommodate TV viewing.

The other solution is to use Components for TV viewing.