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I wouldn't be able to resist either.

There's this cool feature called "Save As..." in MConfig.

Save your config as another file. Plug it in, try it. Open the old file and plug the old sources back in. 10 minutes max?

I probably have 10 config files I play with.

As noted elsewhere in this thread- When a reliable BD 2.0 "Live" player with internal decoding to PCM of both all the DD and DTS hi-res audio codecs is offered... I'm on it like a fat kid on a Smarty. I have high hopes for the next gen Panasonic BD50 and full function Denon players. We shall see...

Happy Trails!
Vince@Freewheelcycle.com

For those that were interested in this my new card with the channel inversions and buffering came in last week. I have one running in an Oppo 980 now. The 980 does not feed the DACs at a reduced level (like the 970 which was at about -20dB) and it also did not need the channel inversion. When you play back SACD it converts DSD to PCM at 88.2kHz.

All the audio and video processing is carried out in one chip which also includes the HDMI transmitter. For those that don't know on HDMI the audio bandwidth available is tied to the video bandwidth that is available. You can't carry 6 channels of 96/24 over 480i on HDMI, it needs to be 720p or higher. On 480i you can only carry 6 channles of 48/24. Because the Oppo does all this processing in a single chip this limitation also applies to what it feeds its DACs. If you have the video output set to 480i it feeds the DACs at 48Khz max. If you set the video output to 720p then you get 96kHz to the DACs.

Shawn

Suppose you could get one Oppo for movies and one for music if you wanted to avoid changing resolution!

"Suppose you could get one Oppo for movies and one for music if you wanted to avoid changing resolution! "

It would be easier if Oppo just gave you the option of setting output resolution for SD-DVD and output resolution for SACD/DVD-A. I and others suggested that to them for the 970 ages ago.

Shawn

I was one of them... I was told it was not possible for the 970. I hope that a future firmware update to the 980 will allow this.

Vince! Any update on this?

Ron

Well I've confirmed it outputs a nice picture ... Still waiting on an ID20 card- and my patience is wearing rather thin. When the Canadian M distributor botched the order I called M USA to verify stock and for them to recommend a dealer to facilitate a purchase and overnight shipping. Well after two weeks of excuses I'm informed M USA doesn't have the card after all but will expedite one from the UK. [censored]?!? I've now been waiting 8 weeks for this card...

(Not so) Happy Trails!
Vince@Freewheelcycle.com

Vince,

If you want some sound try configuring it for only L/R speakers and see if the Toshiba will downmix everything to 2 channels. If it will you could at least listen to it using the L/R output until your new card comes in. This works on the Oppos but I didn't try it with your XA2.

Shawn

The original SPDIF output still works doesn't it?

"The original SPDIF output still works doesn't it? "

Yes, but you can't get the high resolution soundtrack output over it, just a lossy recompressed version. If the Toshiba will do a 2 channel downmix you would still get the high resolution audio (in 2 channels at 96/24) over the L/R SPDIF output.

Shawn

Hi Shawn,

I think you live close by in MA. I am keeping an eye out on the Panasonic BD50 Bluray player coming out soon and if I end up getting it I plan to have you install the 3x SPDIF mod. I can't see adding it to my XA2. I hope the Panny ends up being a good player. It will decode all the audio codecs internally.

Ron