48K, 96K or 192K

Well, the reason for limiting the output bandwidth is to account for whether or not the device receiving the output can handle it. If you send a 24/192 signal to a DAC or receiver which can only handle 24/48, the extra bits would be truncated producing a nasty sound.

Yes, he did mention that it is an upconverting player but I took his questions all to do with the digital output. Since we do not know exactly which player it is, I cannot be certain but I suspect the upconverting is available from the analog outputs and pertains, primarily, to CD sources.

Kal

Thanks for the responses, guys. Of course, I didn't mean the front two channels went straight into the Xda. I have an odd setup. For serious listening, I use the analogue outs (stereo "mixed" on the player) that go into a Pass Labs X1 preamp, which feeds into the Xda. For DVD, video goes to the TV via a DVI output, and the audio is passed via a toslink cable to the B&K DVD input. For DVDA, I am taking the 5.1 out of the back of the player and into the DVDA input on the B&K, which I assume is analogue as these are RCA connectors. The front two channels of everything put out by the B&K passes through a bypass input on the Pass Labs unit so that when in DVD or DVDA mode, the B&K controls volume rather than the Pass.

It sounds like I need to find out what the B&K procesor is the happiest with, and then set the output on the DVD player to match, right?

Thanks.

Jim

The machine was bought primarily for its ability to take a 480i video signal and get it up to 1080i for my TV. I was originally going to use a separate CD player for serious listening, but in the course of setting everything up, space constraints sort of dictated that I use the player for two channel as well, which eliminated a CD player and a DAC - I may at some point upgrade and reintroduce the separate machine at a later date...

The audio end of this equation is the confusing one for me - I am WAY behind on the learning curve regarding 48/96/192. I'm still not sure we have reached a consensus here - after rereading the posts, it sounds like I should set the thing to 192 and see what happens?

Jim