Jeff,

Not a silly question at all.

Because of the high quality of the out put, both SACD and DVD-A have the same problem, not a technical problem, just a content one.

The content providers do not want DIGITAL outputs on these new devices because it makes piracy easy, so SACD players do the Digital to A in the box! This kind of defeats the object, as Stacey pointed out in another thread the DAC's in the high end Sony player are 10 years old!

Now Meridian have an encrypted digital link that will mean that a Meridian DVD-A player will be able to pass a digital signal from the player to a Meridian processor!! This is the great news for Meridian owners and the content owner is happy.

I guess an SACD player might be able to output PCM in two channel form at 96/24, don't know?

Not pleasent to say the least

The 568 might need an upgrade but this would be far cheaper than adding a 6 channel pass through.

Martin.

[This message has been edited by mgarthwaite (edited 03-18-2001).]