audiophile/videophile Here To Stay discussion thread

[Rob Tomlin]

Originally Posted by JTK

Naturally, I have the typical "upgraditis fear" at play here: Am I going to be back at this point in another year or two? I don't want to be.

On paper, those Yamahas look like they even have somewhat of an edge over the comparable Pioneer Elite receivers. What do you think?

After reading a thread on the Anthem D2 where I asked several questions due to the exact same fears that you have, I think you would be fine. Here is why:

It appears that the new HD Audio formats MUST be decoded in the player. I.E., the receiver/pre-pro won't need to decode it, because any of the HD formats that are authored in the "advanced" mode (virtually all them), the player MUST decode the HD audio format (TrueHD, DTS-HD etc) and then send it via PCM to the receiver/pre-pro via HDMI.

Bob Pariseau explains it quite good here:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...04#post8981904

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This brings us all back to getting players that will decode the HD Audio formats themselves. Does the Panny do this yet? What about the PS3? Bob says the HD-A1 will decode TrueHD and send it via PCM through HDMI to a receiver.