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timetohunt
Audioholic
I have been in the audio hobby for just a few months now but I am making strides.
I recently purchased a budget universal DVD player to replace a DVD player that was well .... practically in the $50 disposable catagory. I soon will have about the 1K I need to get a good player.
Anyway, as I was setting up the new unit, the audio setup requested a PCM selection of UP TO 48, 96, or 192 kHz. I assume that PCM is basically part of what makes up audio resolution, that being the bit rate - the other I assume is the bit sample (8 16 20 24).
I am trying to understand how this relates to Universal DVD players in order to get the most out of my DVD-As, SACDs, and CDs. In other words how do you optimize AUDIO RESOLUTION (lets forget about video for this conversation) all of this in regards to: Cables, Player Settings, and potential mods to players.
Here are some questions I would like to pose regarding this topic:
1. Is HDMI a major factor here ? I mean I dont have an HDMI receiver yet. I am using an Optical connection. Does HDMI make things easier in the Audio realm?
2. Is the optical interface OK to use? I had heard that by using optical your DVD-As might be down-converted to 48/16 because of copy protection concerns.
3. I am not sure what the implications of selecting the 48, 96, 192 PCM options on the player are. Is it your receiver that this needs to be matched to? Why not choose the 192, wont it just down convert if it cant meet that spec ? Wont some DVD-As have a 192 kHz track?
4. What does the modification of adding a 6 channel SPDIF output board do?
I am trying to imagine it. Are there going to be 6 extra RCA ports coming out of your player?
Wow - so much to think about. I was going to buy a modified DVD player but I am going to need to know how to use the thing before I do so. I'll bet lots of folks do not have their DVD players set up to optimally play music in regards to Resolution.
I'm still new, Any thoughts?
I recently purchased a budget universal DVD player to replace a DVD player that was well .... practically in the $50 disposable catagory. I soon will have about the 1K I need to get a good player.
Anyway, as I was setting up the new unit, the audio setup requested a PCM selection of UP TO 48, 96, or 192 kHz. I assume that PCM is basically part of what makes up audio resolution, that being the bit rate - the other I assume is the bit sample (8 16 20 24).
I am trying to understand how this relates to Universal DVD players in order to get the most out of my DVD-As, SACDs, and CDs. In other words how do you optimize AUDIO RESOLUTION (lets forget about video for this conversation) all of this in regards to: Cables, Player Settings, and potential mods to players.
Here are some questions I would like to pose regarding this topic:
1. Is HDMI a major factor here ? I mean I dont have an HDMI receiver yet. I am using an Optical connection. Does HDMI make things easier in the Audio realm?
2. Is the optical interface OK to use? I had heard that by using optical your DVD-As might be down-converted to 48/16 because of copy protection concerns.
3. I am not sure what the implications of selecting the 48, 96, 192 PCM options on the player are. Is it your receiver that this needs to be matched to? Why not choose the 192, wont it just down convert if it cant meet that spec ? Wont some DVD-As have a 192 kHz track?
4. What does the modification of adding a 6 channel SPDIF output board do?
I am trying to imagine it. Are there going to be 6 extra RCA ports coming out of your player?
Wow - so much to think about. I was going to buy a modified DVD player but I am going to need to know how to use the thing before I do so. I'll bet lots of folks do not have their DVD players set up to optimally play music in regards to Resolution.
I'm still new, Any thoughts?