Contribution of processor in bypass mode

Drew, what drug were you on when you wrote such a snarky post? Hey, buddy, my doctorate and post doc were in binaural auditory processing, so don't try to snow me with pyschobabble.

I thought my post posed a reasonable question that might receive an analytical or at least reasoned answer. Apparently not.

In the case of the two pre/pros I use, they do convert unbalanced input to differentially balanced output to the amps, and that's of value because of long runs to amps that sit near the speakers to keep speaker leads short.

db

Douglas,

At first I dismissed your idea of eliminating the processor as theoretically interesting yet impractical for my setup, because the Oppo BDP-95 also provides video and the amps are near the speakers rather than the rack. I do have a Sony XA5400ES I've been planning to list on Audiogon that I could place near the amps and connect directly to them. It's worth a try. Thanks.

db