I have until recently used a Pioneer DV45A.
Unless the disc producer has disallowed it (and I have not seen this) the DVD player will do a realtime downmix to 2-channel, and will output digital data , coax and optical, but the sample rate will be cut down to 48KHz (to make copyright people happy). For SACD there is no digital output.
The DV45A contains good 24-bit 96KHz D/A converters, and depending on the outboard D/A you have, the Pioneer analog signals might be better. (Take a listen before you write them off).
Unless the disc producer has disallowed it (and I have not seen this) the DVD player will do a realtime downmix to 2-channel, and will output digital data , coax and optical, but the sample rate will be cut down to 48KHz (to make copyright people happy). For SACD there is no digital output.
The DV45A contains good 24-bit 96KHz D/A converters, and depending on the outboard D/A you have, the Pioneer analog signals might be better. (Take a listen before you write them off).