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Better Blu-ray player....

Question,

Do not most people who have a Blu-ray player, especially those that cost under a grand, use HDMI cables to hook up the player? If I understand correctly, if you use HDMI to hook up you player it by-passes the on-board Audio DAC and sends bitstream to the A/V Reciever and uses the DAC in the A/V Reciever. If this so why are there no Blu-Ray "transports", I do not see the need to pay for a bunch of DACs I will not use.

This is especially rediculious on the very high end Gear like McIntosh, Krell, Theta Digital, and others. They want you to buy their Processors, that have all the latest bells and whistles, best DACs, heck even Extreme DACs in some cases, then they would also like to sell you their Universal players that are also loaded with multiple DACs. So you eventually end up paying for DACs that you would never use.

In the world of CDs they make "transports" that require a separate DAC, seems to me this should be they way they approach blu-ray.
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zaphodbeeblebrox OP
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Yes, I remember the Denon 2500BTCI but I believe it has been discontinued.

My first and Current Blu-ray is similar, I have the Denon 3800BDCI.

Great Blu-ray player, I have had it for years and have watched thousands and thousands of movies on it. Still works great and I have seen no evidence that the newer players are so much better it is worth the investment of a new player.

However, if they would release a silver or champagne finished blu-ray then I would be interested in a newer player. The denon is way over built, if you open the cover there is not a lot of unused space, unlike the modern players that are smaller and still have empty space inside. I do not believe that things should be made small, I like to see big caps and other electronic parts. Heck, I wish someone make a factory Tube Audio Stage Blu-ray player (I know Modwright makes a tube upgrade Mod for the Oppo 95).

That is all.
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