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Sony PS3 Optical Out to a DAC?

Does any one know if the Sony PS3 Optical Out on the rear panel is for an Audio stream. If so, can one purchase a decent quality DAC like the cambridge (sells for $495), use the PS3 as the transport mechanism feed the signal to the DAC and get a significantly better quality CD signal then an equivalent $495 DC player.
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michelle_kim
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Talk2me - not sure what is causing the 48khz setting to sound so flat, but try it out. It's bad when I play any of my CD rips.

running it in 48khz mode allows you to use the OS while playing music though.
michelle_kim
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I felt that the sound from the ps3 RCA outs was about the same as the optical through the dacmagic. Through an eastern electric dac, I noticed a fair amount of improvement.

With the ps3 the biggest improvement for me was when I set the audio to 44.1khz. The default 48khz sounded pretty dead.
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