Uncompressed or Dolby Digital?

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Uncompressed or Dolby Digital?

07-27-2007, 07:28 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldenRedux

Actually, optical/coax can do 48/24 5.1 LPCM, and tops out at 96/24 2.0, IIRC. Some receivers may or may not then add a .1 or 'LFE' channel, meaning, do bass management, on a LPCM 96/24 signal.

Optical nor coaxial cannot pass anymore than two channels of PCM. Neither have enough bandwidth. Dts and DD can pass through these channels because both do not have the bandwidth to exceed this output. 2.0 of 24/96 would not have a LFE channel, so bass managment is not an option.

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