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In Reply to: DVD player w/ DD5.1 decoding?--how does it affect CD sound quality? posted by day-vid on March 05, 2001 at 11:17:42:
Doesn't matter if you use the players decoder or the amps, still has to be decoded before it is amplified! The idea behind having the decoder built into the amp is that its a shorter analogue signal path, however this is only any good if the amplifier decoder is as good or better than the one built into the DVD player. Most of the time these things are sales gimicks and have little true reference to the sound quality achieved. I want to know how a manufacturer who produces an amp that sells for $500 dollars retail reckons that they are putting in esoteric converters at that price!Roland
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Doesn't matter if you use the players decoder or the amps, still has to be decoded before it is amplified!Good point! I should've checked with my brain before I posted that. So what I'm understanding is that for standard, 2-channel, CD music, it should be no detriment to use a DVD player with DD/DTS decoding as opposed to one without. Right?
Depends on the amplifier, the DVD the decoders circuit. You can spend £40,000 on an amplifier. several thousand on a CD player. I would check it out and see if you are happy with the quality you recieve for the budget you have. If you can't afford both and you want to have DVD spend your money on that, thats what I would do. Good luck!Roland
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