Which?

[JimShaw]

For the best sound quality from a high end Blu ray player connected to a high end Receiver would you:

Use 7.1 analog?

Use HDMI?

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Hdmi

[RUR]

The answer will depend on which high-end player and which high-end AVR. As I indicated in the chipset thread, the Denon 3800BDCI player's DAC's/analogue section is "borrowed" from the Denon 5308 AVR. Unless the AVR is as good or better than the 5308, using the 3800's analog out will give you better audio than HDMI, assuming the AVR is set to direct mode such that the AVR isn't reprocessing the analog inputs from the 3800 thus negating the advantage.

[kpkelley]

Originally Posted by RUR

The answer will depend on which high-end player and which high-end AVR. As I indicated in the chipset thread, the Denon 3800BDCI player's DAC's/analogue section is "borrowed" from the Denon 5308 AVR. Unless the AVR is as good or better than the 5308, using the 3800's analog out will give you better audio than HDMI.

+1. Depends on which, the player or receiver, does a better job decoding the audio signal.

[SS316SRV]

*Noob question alert*

Can analogue inputs bitstream lossless audio?

[RUR]

Originally Posted by SS316SRV

*Noob question alert*

Can analogue inputs bitstream lossless audio?

No. Analog is the already decoded signal, which is why using analog out is only an option for players which decode the codec of interest e.g. DTS HD MA.

[SS316SRV]

^Fantastic, thank you.

[ryoohki]

Most of the time, Bitstream is the best because you skip all the Bass Management Problems you can have with decoding inside a Player... Very Few Bluray player does that right..