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Dacs better used from DVD or Receiver?

I have the Sony DVP-NS755 dvd/cd player, admittedly a lower end player, and I'm looking to purchase the Denon 3803 Receiver, one of the reviews I read said to utilize the audio dacs in the Denon rather than than a inexpensive dvd/cd player.
That's ok with me --- how do you do it? Do I turn off the dts processing on the dvd player and let it pass through to the Denon where it get's processed? Or, exactly how is DD and DTS and Pro Logic II processed from the Denon if its not first processed from the player? I always thought if I had the Dts 'on' on the dvd player it would be doing the processing and not the receiver. If so, why own a dvd player and receiver that both have DD and DTS processing?
Bottom line, how do I get the receiver to do all the digital processing?
Thank you in advance.
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unclejeff
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Any DVD player that had a audio-digital output, usually toslink or coax, will send the signal unprocessed.

There are the various formats that you refer to and, all I can say is that you should experiment until both units can work together.

I run my DVD digitally through my Audio Aero Mark II CD player as I like the upsampling. The AA will only take a PCM signal.
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