As understand it;all the sacd players must be used from the analog outs, on sacd discs.The older pro logic receivers took a signal from the anolog inputs and convereted it to dig. to enable it to do signal processing. That is why you buy a processor in the first place.Yes,years ago Lazer discs were in analog (70's early 80s).The sound quality went up a bunch when the discs were pressed in dig. Then the ld players started coming out with a coax dig out. This allowed the use of a 2 ch outboard dac,before the signal went into your pro logic processor.---Also an improvment. Once DD & DTS came out, aLL digital processors accepted dig. input from the ld or dvd player-----Better yet! No, older analog lds aren't as good as their dig. counterparts.Ok, now what was the question?
Are A/V receivers digital?
Do A/V receivers convert analog input signals to digital, process them, and reconvert to analog? Can any A/V receiver keep the signal analog?
I ask this because if receivers always convert to digital, as I suspect, all A/V receivers would harm analog signals from SACD and DVD-Audio players. If the receivers can't handle 96/24, they would harm the signal from 96/24 DAD discs as well. Hopefully the receivers with 5.1 inputs keep the signal analog through this input.
I ask this because if receivers always convert to digital, as I suspect, all A/V receivers would harm analog signals from SACD and DVD-Audio players. If the receivers can't handle 96/24, they would harm the signal from 96/24 DAD discs as well. Hopefully the receivers with 5.1 inputs keep the signal analog through this input.