Lankhoss Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 Next year I will be upgrading my DVD player and TV. I'm curious about the 24/192 DAC's. Obviously, they are top of the line right now. However, I believe my Pioneer Elite VSX-43TX receiver can only decode DTS 24/96. Would there be any benefit to me getting the 24/192 in this case? The DVD player I'm eyeing right now is the Samsung with the DVI output, and it only has a 24/96 DAC. I'm assuming that my receiver can't decode faster than that, anyway....and it will be sufficient. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Donalson Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 It's not the decoding capabilities of a 192 dac, it's quality of that particular dac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 ---------------- On 8/10/2004 2:12:39 PM Steve Donalson wrote: It's not the decoding capabilities of a 192 dac, it's quality of that particular dac. ---------------- Agreed. Furthermore, the DAC's on a DVD player are functionally irrelevant unless that DVD player has a full complement of decoding systems available to break down all those surround formats and feed them via analog cables to the preamp or receiver. Translation: You can put Burr-Brown DACs in a DVD player, but if you have to use the digital out anyway, they're a waste. Better to put your money into the preamp that's going to do all the work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strabo Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 Does the 24/192 player also play DVD-A? That may be the difference, but for normal DVD-V it's not needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMcGoo Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Lankhoss, The only way to actaully use a 24/192 DAC is with upsampling and with 2 channel DVD-A. Two channel DVD-A is the only sound format that uses 24/192. For example, the Eagles' "Hotel California" has both multi-channel (24/96) and 2 channel (24/192) versions on the DVD-A that are superbly engineered. Without DVD-A capability, the advanced DACs are merely a marketing ploy IMO. DVD-V typically uses 16/48 encoding. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 I thought CD players "upsampling" with these DACs gave 24/192? No? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMcGoo Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 Dean, Even with up sampling, the redbook CD "word" length is still 16 bits. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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