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You just use the 2nd set of six channel analog inputs on your receiver. :0)

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In Reply to: Well, there's a flood of good deals on HD today posted by Duilawyer on May 4, 2007 at 06:42:34:

Fortunately, it's a solution available to me. I was already using two (2) sets of six channel inputs on a MC analog preamp. One set for the SACD/DVD-A player and one set for the ancient preamp/processor for DD/DTS decoding. I special-ordered another 6 cable set to route the Blu-Ray/HD-DVD combo player 6 channel output to a a third set of six channel inputs to the preamp. I still have a 4th set of 6 channel inputs for another source. Granted, most people won't have this solution; I'm hoping for a full-featured Uber-Universal player which will play BLU-RAY, HD-DVD, SACD, DVD-A, etc... but I expect that one, if it ever exists), is at least a year away.
You can get the DD/DTS sound through the optical; you won't get the TrueHD, DTS HD MA, and probably not the uncompressed PCM. Still, Any of the DTS HD discs will have a DTS 1.5MB core track which will sound better than anything you'll have with DVD (and playable via coax/optical) through your receiver's DD/DTS decoder).

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I'll go coax, movie sound is not all that critical - Duilawyer 13:15:54 05/04/07 (1)
as opposed to SACD and DVD Audio sound.
- Dolby digital sounds like mud once you've heard a good uncompressed PCM movie track. nt - oscar 13:29:18 05/04/07 (0)
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"I was already using two (2) sets of six channel inputs on a MC analog preamp." Might that be a c-j MET1? - jeffreybehr 11:10:42 05/04/07 (1)
I sure love mine. I too am using both sets of 6-channel inputs, one from my Denon 2900 and now one from my new-to-me Toshiba HD-XA1. Here's a pic--it's rather busy with triple 6s plus 2 stereo input pairs, another output cable to an additional centerchannel active filter, and the 72V.-dielectric-bias battery (for the Audioquest cable) my friend made.

I commandeered that tape-out jack because I didn't want to use a y-splitter.

The 'important' cable is AQ Panther; the rest is twisted-quad, stranded-silver MAS Gray (with AQ Panther connectors) or woven-quad, solid-silver HomeGrown Audio IC-4.
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- Nah... it's one of those sterile sounding SS preamps Meitner builds. - oscar 13:25:45 05/04/07 (0)
  I was going to try to get someone to build me a battery powered MC tubed preamp funds permitting, but that was before I found out about the CJ piece. I was going to go for shoot for tubed monoblocks in the HT room but the dynamics I'm hearing from uncompressed 24/48 movie soundtracks might set me straight there. I've got integration issues on this subject already using beefy Classe amps.

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