George,

"But when the PS3 sees a DD or DTS BitStream it either decodes it into PCM or tags it as bitstream and the Clux reroutes it to the TosLink (if set to bitstream) or ingnores it if set to LPCM. "

I just received my order of CLUXs so I popped the top of one to take a look at this. The Toslink output is fed from a different point on the CLUX board so when the CLUX is thinking it is receiving bitstream the bitstream serial data isn't even getting to my board. The toslink output is fed from the pin located between the master clock and the SD Front connection. Even if it was getting the bitstream audio the resulting SPDIF output might not be flagged properly (non-audio, etc..) for proper recognition by a decoder.

"So then I had an idea. The same way to verify a your ripping and squeezebox is bitperfect. Use a DTS CD."

That is a good trick. Since DTS music discs hide their bitstream as regular PCM the flagging and such is the same as for regular audio.

That is also a good test to be sure the source isn't screwing around with the data.

Shawn

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