Bitstream vs internal decoding

[ryoohki]

Originally Posted by elwaylite

I guess what I dont understand is, if you decode DTSMA internally and send it to a rcvr that cant do DTSMA, whats the benefit? I think thats were Im lost.

I assumed that you would want the player to send bitstream to you rcvr and let it do the work. Just buy a DTSMA rcvr if you want the features.

I agree with the above post, I think cost is more important.

There's can be some issues. Most of witch rely to PCM LFE level. If you amp doesn't do LFE boost on PCM Multich, you'll get weak LFE from Decoded TrueHD and DTSHD in PCM format, except if the player does that internally but those are quite rare. Most new receiver have this option (like my 3808 for example)...