Video Asylum

Posted by budget minded (A) on November 05, 2005 at 11:15:05

In Reply to: analog signals )) 192KHz/24-bit ADC )) 32-bit DSP posted by enzo on November 4, 2005 at 18:01:29:

i have an onkyo DVD player (starting to break again... i just bought a sony changer for 108MHz X 12 bit video and SACD) which allows me to switch it's output between PCM and bitstream. i could hear no difference on the panasonic. that would probably confirm that it's converting everything to PCM.

if it is PCM, it's the smoothest i've ever heard it! i always listened to my onkyo/onkyo setup in bitstream mode. the panasonic spanks the crap out of it top to bottom regardless.

if you're looking to do high rez audio... you might consider the SA-XR70 instead as it has an HDMI input. had i known my SA-XR55 would elevate my sound so dramatically, i would have sprung the extra $50 for HDMI. i was planning on eventually feeding the panny analogue ins to biamp maggies i wanted to get, so HDMI would have been useless.

now i don't want maggies so much anymore and will have to contend with 16/44 multichannel unless i use analogue ins. oh well. i'm still happy with my panny as-is.