Originally Posted by Tassie Devil
Something puzzling.

Last night I played a DVD I had burned on a Pioneer DVDR on the Panasonic BD35 -> Meridian HD621 -> Meridian 861 -> amps etc

The audio was excellent and the video picture quality sharp.

I then played it through the Pioneer recorder (not the one it was burned with) -> Meridian HD621 -> Meridian 861 -> amps etc

First up the video was noticably better from the Panasonic and that was expected. However what was not expected was the far better audio via the Panasonic(remember the DVD was only 2CH recorded originally by L/R analog input).

I had assumed that any digital audio on a DVD is read and then transmitted out HDMI without any alteration whatsoever. It is then processed by the 861 so should be the same from any DVD player. Maybe not so?

Or, a thought which just struck me, has the routing of the HDMI through an HDMI splitter before the HD621 has an affect on improving the audio? Yet the suggestion has been that it would deteriorate it.

Perplexing.

John

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