Originally Posted by Simon
2. Decoding HD audio codecs in the player gets to PCM. PCM then gets sent to the processor for the D/A conversion - much like is currently done by 800 for DVD. So, unless I misunderstand also, you are still passing a digital signal to the processor - not an analog one.
Yes, and this is exactly what can be accomplished with HDMI 1.1 (or any newer version).

Gefen makes a box, reported on another thread here, that separates video and audio from an HDMI source but, unfortunately, is only capable of 2channel SPDIF audio output. Gimme a multichannel version of a box like that with 3 S/PDIFs to connect to the IE42 and I'd be very happy.

Kal

Last edited by Kal Rubinson; 2007-11-14 21:50.
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