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http://www.stereophile.com/news/naxos_blu-ray_breakthrough/just saw this article and thought it might be of interest for this circle.my understanding that a user is stuck with the built-in DAC of a blue-ray player, cause the signal from the digitial out has less than 24/96 resolution. So, the external DAC would not get the hi-rez signal, and there is no point to use blue ray for music unless the built-in DAC and the analogue line are really good. Is it correct?
Ted, ok, my player has settings to allow for 192KHz, 96KHz, or 48KHz SPDIF output (user choice). If the SPDIF is limited to 24/48 SPDIF, then it would seem these selections would be moot for a BD.
There is a third option that I'm gonna investigate. http://www.markertek.com/Video-Equipment/Video-Processors/HDMI-Converters/Atlona-Technologies/AT-HD570.xhtmlWe've brought it up here in this Circle before, but most of us are skeptical. It's an HDMi break-out box that de-embeds hirez audio (that's the claim) from HDMI and sends it in full resolution to a DAC of your choice (via SPDIF). Says it's capable of 24/192 cuz it gets around both the BluRay Consortium digital spec (that only HDMI can have hirez, i.e 24/192) and the handshake necessary for HDMI to its receiver/display. It's $200 and has a 30 day return from places like Markertek.
One note, this unit will output an analog signal, my modded Octava outputs a digital signal. If you wanted to go this route, you may be better off getting an Oppo player that outputs the analog signal.
So, the external DAC would not get the hi-rez signal, and there is no point to use blue ray for music unless the built-in DAC and the analogue line are really good. Is it correct?