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Interesting, that I did not know, If you decide to get a new receiver with HDMI, unless the Oppo works like the PS3 in converting the sound format, I believe SACD will only work with receivers that have HDMI 1.2 (some Marantz and Yamahas). I would double check before making an investment.



Michael,

No, you don’t need 1.2 for SACD and DVD-A. You must have missed the memo.

There are currently no (zero) SACD / DVD-A players on the market right now that send a true DSD signal via hdmi. They all convert it to PCM which does not require 1.2. 1.1 works just fine for PCM. It is the DSD stream that requires 1.2


Also, remember me mentioning to you on your lastest receiver thread how happy I am that my Marantz let's me adust the channels on the Mult-Channel inputs and 7.1 analogue inputs? Well this is one reason why it's so important. Both of these data streams bypass receivers digital processing piece.