A side note on players that are sending the new format as a bitstream is that they can't use some Bluray Profile 1.1/2.0 features like extra audio commentary during the movie, because it has to be mixed in with the original soundtrack in the player. More info on this can be found elsewhere.
To use these features one would have to do the decoding in the player and send decoded/mixed audio as LPCM.

Something I would like to know is if any Axiom owner with a 3808 and a player that does both has done a comparison.
The capability to decode the new formats in the reciver mostly look like a sales thing more than to be actually useful at this point unless there is a difference in AQ?



Arcam AVR600
Cambridge Audio 640C v2
Oppo DV-980H
PMC GB1i
PMC DB1M-Ci
QS8 v2
EP350 v3