Originally Posted by DuncanBudd
This may be a silly question, but would you need to do that with an 861v6 and an HD621 in front of them in the chain which, I guess, are already apodising? (Trying to improve my knowledge / understanding with this Q, as much as anything).

Duncan

Actually in few cases, even with 861v6, HD621 and 8000.1's it would be worth while upgrading 8000.1's.

Because when you watch lossy movies DD/DTS the HD621 bypasses and 861v6 ONLY decodes (believe it or not).

If you Decode lossy DD/DTS before HD621 then the patch will make no difference to 8000.1's and the HD621 will upsample/apodize.

So the only "upsample" in the Chain is the 8K's so they would take on apodizing duties if they can apodize.

The 5500's never upsampled so they cannot use the patch. Only devices in Erwin's list.

- Fiddler (IMHO)

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