Hi Mark,

Manually typing the 568 with 7.1 AAA takes us into area that is unique to the 568 and most likely the 861. You could not do what you are doing with the G series.

The manual typing actually activates all the digital and analog outputs simultaneously and on top of it allows the volume control to affect both the digital and analog outputs. When I mentioned this to one of the M engineers he essentially would not believe it. You cannot create this setup in the computer and if you change something via the computer you lose the manual setting.

MHR can only be used with M speakers since it is encrypted [and 24/96]. Non-MHR can be used with any DAC; it is non-encrypted and non-upsampling. Non-MHR with HS=Y is something I have not explored. As mentioned HS is not available in the computer program with digital speakers.

This was all discovered by GaryG to whom we must extend thanks for complicating our lives. Hi Mark,

Manually typing your 568 with 7.1 AAA takes us into area that is unique to the 568 and most likelyl the 861. You could not do what you are doing with the G series.

The manual typing actually activates all the digital and analog outputs simultaneously and on top of it allows the volume control to affect both the digital and analog outputs. When I mentioned this to one the M engineers he essentially would not believe it. You cannot create this setup in the computer and if you if you change something via the computer you lose the manual setting.

MHR can only be used with M speakers since it is encrypted. Non-MHR can be used with any DAC; it is non-encrypted and non-upsampling. Non-MHR with HS=Y is something I have not explored. As mentioned HS is not available in the computer program with non-MHR.

This was all discovered by GaryG to whom we must extend thanks for complicating our lives. smile

So it seems we can add to our knowledge base by stating with manual typing with AAA that the digital outputs are upsampled with HS=Y, something that M probably does not even know.

Cheers,
George