Player decoding or Receiver decoding, that is the question

[Sir Terrence]

Originally Posted by EWL5

I don't have any proof of jitter because I haven't done the shootout yet.

I only have axe79's observation and so I will try to replicate what he's experiencing on my own system. I've never compared the audio of my PS3 against the Denon 3800 because they're usually in different rooms as the respective BD player. Since they both fully decode and output PCM over HDMI, the comparison should be fair, yes?

I don't think it is fair. If you want to do these tests properly, you have to eliminate all differences. You would probably need two identical players hook to your receiver, both using a chip based decoding solution. The PS3 uses a software decoding engine, which makes it so unique it cannot be used in a comparison with other players

A word of advice, never listen to anyone telling you that a product is flawed unless they have evidence that supports that notion. I have seen nothing from axe79's that supports the notion that the PS3 has jitter issues. I know what jitter effects are on the audio signal, and I do not hear those effects from the PS3 when I play my audio discs on it. axe79 has not shown any scope pictures of the PS3 outputting anything, so his word is suspect until he does.