I have to admit to having a tempermental transport, so I'm looking for a DVD player as a back up. My DAC is a Bel Canto 2 which upsamples to 24/192. My question is, would a cheap JVC 24/192 sound better than, say a Sony 9000ES rated at 24/96?
I believe that either the Sony or the JVC when used as a transport will only output a 16/44.1 signal. The 96 vs. 192 issue is moot. If the players sound different, then it's due to the issues mention by Sdcampbell.
I believe that the higher sampling rates on the DVD players are for the soundtracks on DVD only, not CD. Even with the 24/96 or 24/192, you will only get that on the DVDs that were recorded in those formats.
Tbadder, if you're using them as transports you are not accessing their internals D/A converters and the digital data stream is unmodified. If you play a regular CD, either player will output the standard 16/44.1 data to an external DAC.
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