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Analogue for Home Theater???

Has anyone else but me used 5.1 analogue for home theater listening and what are your thoughts and conclusions to your decision of staying or switching back to HDMI digital??? How do you describe both digital vs analogue???

I have been using 5.1 analogue from my Oppo 83SE to my Onkyo Pro Sc885 pre processor and Hdmi for just video only. It is a big difference but I am wondering if a dedicated analogue 5.1 channel system would be more practical or would it not exceed the DTS master audio specs.

I noticed while watching a movie you can still switch the format through the Oppo from Dolby Digital to DTS master audio. The Onkyo will still show "Analogue Direct Multichannel" but you can hear the sound difference when you switch the movie audio format. Is there such piece as a analogue 5.1 processor??? Help anyone....

Regards Bacardi
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kr4
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What do you mean by "analogue 5.1 processor?" There are a number of good to excellent analog 5.1 preamplifiers but, if there is any processing/conversion included, one could not call such a device an "analogue 5.1 processor."

I have reviewed many of these analogue 5.1 preamps in my column at www.stereophile.com/musicintheround .

Kal
bdgregory
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isn't what you're doing just a matter of using the digital processor embedded in the Oppo rather than the one in your Onkyo? If it sound better it's because the Oppo digital processor is better, not because you're using analogue processing.
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bacardi OP
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Bdgregory. I am not using digital in the Oppo. 5.1 analogue for movies only. No digital audio used at all. Just HDMI video.

Kal, my question should have been, is there a better processor that does 5.1/7.1 analogue that beats the OppoSE's analogue processing??

Regards Bacardi
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