Video Asylum

Posted by M. Lawton (A) on February 18, 2003 at 15:50:23

Hello,
I've got an RX-V795A, (3yrs old) standing-in as my pre/pro - temporarily. A few weeks ago, I found the following unpleasantness over at Hi-Rez concerning SACD playback using HT receivers:

"...many multi-channel receivers/preamps provide multi-channel analog inputs that are routed to analog-to-digital PCM converters, for Digital Signal Processing control, often at 44.1 kHz. The signals are then passed on to a DAC for the final output to the speakers. This "feature" will cause ALL signals, regardless of the source, to be of no better quality than that of CD playback...."

Needless to say, that is NOT good audio news. The owners manual was, of course, useless on this point. So, I call tech support at Yamaha, and was quickly told exactly what I wanted to hear - the "Effect Off" mode is analog direct - no ADC/DAC is used. But, in all honesty, I just don't know...

Regards,

M. Lawton