pioneer Elite 92txh??

[DDigitalguy06]

O.k.
Here's the problem. I order a brand new receiver on Monday and should be here today.
It supports dolby true hd and dts master audio. I been hearing that people are getting a popping noise on dts master audio! does this mean i should not play any dvds with dts audio? or,will there be a firmware update for this?
I know,i should of read the news first on audio receivers,but i was busy. can anyone give me quick update on this? thanks..

 

[Nomo]

I hadn't heard that the Pioneers were affected but that may be the case.
I had only heard of Onkyo and Yamaha having problems.
Both of these companies have issued firmware updates to fix the problem with their receivers. I would think that Pioneer would do the same.

It is only a problem when the player is decoding DTS MA and sendind the bitstreamed signal to the receiver. The keyword being bitstream.
If the player is sending the signal via PCM and allowing the receiver to decoade it, there is no problem.

 

[DDigitalguy06]

ok cool,
i'll have to read more about that. thanks

 

[Seth=L]

It is only a problem when the player is decoding DTS MA and sendind the bitstreamed signal to the receiver.

I think you typoed there. This would only be the case if the Blu-ray player was straight bitstreaming the whole DTS-HD audio codec to the receiver. The Blu-ray player would not be doing any decoding in regards to audio at all (which I would never do). It's better over all to have the Blu-ray decode the DTS-HD, Dolby Digital TrueHD, or Dolby Digital Plus audio codec internally and convert it to LPCM for output over HDMI. This ensures you get all the secondary audio that should be included (menu sounds, commentary) with no loss of fidelity (these conversion processes have to happen somewhere and the player is the best place to have it done).

The only thing that will be different is the receiver will not display the cute little DTS-HD logo because it's getting the uncompressed PCM. Dolby Digital TrueHD, Plus, and DTS-HD decoding on receivers is more or less a frivolous feature at this point in my opinion, as it offers no advantage. It's actually more detrimental than helpful to have the receiver handle all the decoding.

 

[Nomo]

I think you typoed there. This would only be the case if the Blu-ray player was straight bitstreaming the whole DTS-HD audio codec to the receiver. The Blu-ray player would not be doing any decoding in regards to audio at all (which I would never do). It's better over all to have the Blu-ray decode the DTS-HD, Dolby Digital TrueHD, or Dolby Digital Plus audio codec internally and convert it to LPCM for output over HDMI. This ensures you get all the secondary audio that should be included (menu sounds, commentary) with no loss of fidelity (these conversion processes have to happen somewhere and the player is the best place to have it done).

The only thing that will be different is the receiver will not display the cute little DTS-HD logo because it's getting the uncompressed PCM. Dolby Digital TrueHD, Plus, and DTS-HD decoding on receivers is more or less a frivolous feature at this point in my opinion, as it offers no advantage. It's actually more detrimental than helpful to have the receiver handle all the decoding.

You are correct. Nice catch. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[DDigitalguy06]

So,if i play audio through pcm and not from the receiver, i'll be fine correct?
because,Iam going to hook this unit to my htpc in my family room.

 

[Nomo]

That's correct.

 

[DDigitalguy06]

thanks guy's for the help.