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In Reply to: It will work, but... posted by Joe Murphy Jr on April 15, 2004 at 05:40:03:
Thanks Joe. My only source is a DVD Universal player with onboard processing. I also posted this over on the 'Pro audio' list and got some different reasons for not doing this. Others might want to check that thread. I'm waiting for clarification on one of the replies.I think one of the biggest issues is whether the DAC on the source unit is good enough. I don't think mine is as the analog 5.1 outs to my present receiver don't sound nearly as good as the digital outs (which then use the receivers DAC). However, I am thinking of upgrading my player to an expensive one with awesome DACs, so I was wondering about the redundancy of having the (rather expensive) receiver in my simple system.
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That was what I based my answer on. There are numerous reasons as to why you should or shouldn't take this route. I only listed a few in my previous comment.Regarding your other thread, considering all of the crap that a movie soundtrack goes through and the list of quality degrading decisions that are made, I find it quite humorus that someone would suggest that a mixer is going to hurt the sound quality of a movie soundtrack from a DVD. It's sort of like taking a picture of the Mona Lisa with one of those $9 disposable cameras, getting the prints done at Wal-Mart, scanning it on a 16-bit scanner, then having someone tell you that you would better appreciate the picture on a 1280x1024 monitor instead of a 800x600 monitor.
Should work as long as you have unity gain on your main volume control, which adjust the output of all channels equally.
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