Will a Proceed AMP handle LPCM input?

Do you really need an HDMI swithch? I believe many cable boxes and Blu Ray players will send audio/video out of the HDMI and audio out the S/PDIF at the same time. Just something to check.

DB -
A different DB. :)

Oh now you are talking my language about a quality vintage device, but you have one with multi-channel input. IF I were to consider the PAV/PDSD route, do you have any advice/gotchas to watch out for?

DTC -
I probably could cable up and avoid the need for a switch:
- eliminate the Marantz DVD
- apple TV
- uses the one HDMI on the TV
- optical to the PrePro
- PS/3
- component to the TV
- optical to the PrePro
- Cable Box
- component to the TV (Do I have 2 components...gotta look)
- coax to the PrePro

I already have a Logitech Harmony, so I'm not worried about making this work for the Mrs. :)

This solution above would eliminate a AVP2 - it only has 1 optical input.

Just thinking out loud here...thanks for listening/reading.

Tim,

My PAV/PDSD pair has been trouble free for well over a decade. It does not process lossless codecs, but does 5.1 surround with excellent sound and bass management. If you can take HDMI video to your monitor/TV, I'd use that rather than component video.

db

Tim,

I should have mentioned that the PAV takes balanced or unbalanced analog stereo and passes its output unmolested through the PDSD. The PDSD takes coax or optical digital sources. Output from the PDSD is balanced or unbalanced.

db

Db,

I have a question for you that I'm sure is in the manual and if you want to send me there that is cool. But looking at pics on ebay of the pav/pdsd, it is not clear to me - how do you connect them together?

Tim