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48K, 96K or 192K

Please excuse my ignorance on the subject...

I just bought an upconverting DVD player which will also play dvd-a discs. There is an option to set the SPDIF to either "Raw" or "PCM" (default is raw). The output frequency of the LPCM audio data can be set to 48K, 96K or 192K.

The front two channels of this device will be fed into a digital amplifier feeding a pair of NHT Xds. The remaining channels go into a B&K AVR305 av receiver.

What does all of this mean, and how should I set this puppy up?

Thanks in advance.

Jim
jwilt
jwilt OP
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Thanks! God knows where my B&K manual is...

I just spent the last few days programming a universal remote (MX-700) and my brain hurts!
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kr4
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Tvad: "OK, I'm bored and determined to help, so I looked through the B&K AVR305 manual which mentions accepting DVD-A up to 24/192 through the 5.1 analog inputs, so I'd say set the player to 24/192 as Kal suggested."

Good idea but makes no sense. If the B&K's input is analog, the sampling rate is irrelevant. Something's still not clear here.

Kal
tvad
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Tell you what, Kal. I downloaded the B&K manual, which I'd be happy to e-mail to you if you'd like to take a look. It's quite possible I read something incorrectly, or explained something incorrectly here. I'm not being defensive, I'm just done with the topic, and perhaps you could make something out of the manual and any other info Jim provides.

Here's the link to the B&K Manuals. Download the B&K307...it applies also to the B&K305.

Good luck to you both. I'm going to put a 45 on my Close-N-Play.
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kr4
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Thanks for the link. As I said, using the 5.1 DVD-A inputs, which are analog, the sampling rate is irrelevant.

Kal
jwilt OP
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I played around with it a bit. When I set the player's SPDIF (whatever the heck that is) to "PCM", I didn't seem to get any surround information, just the fronts. When I switched it to "Raw", the surround info was there. I was also able to adjust the LPCM separately, and I set it to 192. I have not had an opportunity to really put it through its paces, partly because I don't have a lot of source material with which to do it. I will be looking for that Fagen disc. I also heard there was a good Eagles disc, a Clapton and a Blue Man Group disc that I should probably get my hands on. Any suggestions regarding other material that will show off either (or both) the video and DVDA ability of the system would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the help!

Jim
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