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In Reply to: RE: PS3 SACD 2-channel analog: true DSD? posted by kimchee411 on April 14, 2009 at 16:06:28
Okay, so now the question is which connection type BESIDES HDMI will give the best sound quality? From the PS3 SACD site:
"With system software v 2.00, if you’ve got an AV Receiver without HDMI PS3 can convert multichannel SA-CD to multichannel DTS for you and feed it to the optical digital output. If you disable DTS out it will output PCM stereo, also during multichannel SA-CD playback. The output frequency is 48kHz.
In version 2.01 however, DSD-to-DTS conversion is disabled again. Optical output from SA-CD remains supported but in 16-bit 44.1 kHz stereo PCM only."
The first question is when using analog out is it DSD -> 24/176.4 PCM -> Analog or is it also "dumbed down" to 48Khz or 16/44.1 PCM as is the case with TosLink?
I do not have a receiver with HDMI input, but do have a good outboard DAC (no DTS/DD decoding though). Would I be better off using TosLink to feed the DAC a 16/44.1 PCM stream (well gee, at that point it's no better than RBCD) or going with analog straight into the amp?
I guess if the only way to get even 24/176.4 PCM is through HDMI, then SACD on PS3 is a bust for me.
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