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Difference between 24/96 and 24/192

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?
tbadder
tbadder OP
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Onhwy61:

Why only output at 16/44 when both claim a higher output?

Does any of this really matter if the DAC takes whatever info it gets and upsamples it anyways?
twl
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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.
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onhwy61
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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.
sean
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I know that some of the Pioneer DVD's will output 24 / 96 when used as a transport. Sean
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tbadder OP
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Do you have any idea which ones, Sean?
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