Im curious because the Pioneer dv414 has a 24/96 dac. I understand that it will pass a 96khz signal via its digital outputs if it is detected, otherwise, it passes 16/44 (or 48). May it be that the internal dac only converts to 24/96 if the source disk is formatted that way, otherwise, out comes 24/44(48)?
No it doesn't, even the MPEG audio bitstream is down sampling before sending to the standard audio DAC. Only the digital output is 24/96 because of the DVD specifications. You'll need external DAC with the 24/96 capability to get the hifi analog output.
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