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Difference between 24/96 and 24/192

I have to admit to having a tempermental transport, so I'm looking for a DVD player as a back up. My DAC is a Bel Canto 2 which upsamples to 24/192. My question is, would a cheap JVC 24/192 sound better than, say a Sony 9000ES rated at 24/96?
tbadder
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onhwy61
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Tbadder, if you're using them as transports you are not accessing their internals D/A converters and the digital data stream is unmodified. If you play a regular CD, either player will output the standard 16/44.1 data to an external DAC.
sean
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I know that some of the Pioneer DVD's will output 24 / 96 when used as a transport. Sean
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tbadder OP
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Do you have any idea which ones, Sean?
gpalmer
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I know for sure the 525 and the 38A do, since I have owned both of them.
sean
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I know that the newer "slim line" DV-440 is rated for 24 / 192 output use with the internal DAC's and is selectable for use with 48 KHz or 96 KHz as a transport through the digital out's. Other than that, i can't remember any specific model numbers or specs. Sugarbrie may know more about these as i know that Stan Warren likes / uses Pioneer DVD's quite a bit. Sean
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