Bluray players will down sample copy protected high resolution audio on their coax spidf output but will not do so on its hdmi output. Use a hdmi de-embedder device to retrieve the high resolution signal from the hdmi out and convert it to coax.
blu-ray coaxial outputs limited rez to dacs?
I have not been here so long I forgot my login! Anyway, is it impossible to get the hi rez audio from a typical blu ray on the coaxial audio output? Got ahold of a Pure Audio blu ray disc of music. Supposed to be 24/96 format. My player is putting out only 16/48 into the dac according to the dac display. So I went into player menu and made sure the "downsampling" selection was in the off position. Still, only the lower rez data showing up into the dac. So does that mean I would need a mega bucks blu ray to get the actual hi rez or what? The dac oversamples it up before decoding but is supposed to be happy to accept stuff up to 192/24 I think.
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OK so all I have that will take a HDMI input is my Sony TV. So I guess that I am stuck trying to listen to the disc thru the TV as I noted happening when I fired up the bluray player. Or get some sort of HDMI device between my system and the bluray player. This is getting to be a complication for sure. Since I have only purchased the one disc, now it is getting to how badly I want to hear it. Let us see....29-39$ per disc, or more, plus, more hardware and cables. You know, perhaps if it is intended only for people with "home theatre" type systems, they can have it. I am a two channel type of guy. Since my player already is also a 24/192 DAC I thought I could get something for not a lot of headaches but guess not. Thanks for the responses. |
Hi W8aaz, Sometimes if you ask enough questions, you find the right answer. Please check out the $500 Essense DAC HDACC. It accepts HDMI from your blu-ray and outputs analog to your amplifier. http://www.essenceelectrostatic.com/product/hdacc/ http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/essence-high-definition-audio-control-center/ Through HDMI the HDACC can support uncompressed LPCM 24-bit/192k two-channel soundtracks from Blu-ray sources. Will the Essense DAC HDACC solve your problem? Its cost is reasonable and seems to have the options you need. Comments? |
Please the text below from The Absolute Sound: "On Blu-ray Disc sources played back by the Oppo BP-95, the HDACC did a superb job of handling the HDMI digital stream and converting it into pristine sound. On the live music albums where I had the option, I preferred the sound from the higher-resolution LPCM soundtracks to the standard-resolution and down-mixed two-channel streams via SPDIF or TosLink. With most two-channel DAC/pre’s, I would not have had the option of using these higher-resolution tracks via HDMI simply because they do not have those inputs. Some audiophiles may want to acquire an HDACC for the primary purpose of using it to decode Blu-ray HDMI feeds for their 2.1 high-performance system". Please review the Essense DAC HDACC. |
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