George,

You would think so but it is noticably different in my setup. Both ways bitstreaming play back DTS just fine. Now that I say this I'll try both ways using my DTS tracks and see if it make a difference too. I would think not so much with DTS playback. It might be jitter related or maybe a different dither noise shape? I suppose that is possible and maybe more likely than jitter.

Ron

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