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I'm not 100% sure, but I imagine all A/V receivers would have to retime the incoming signal in order to get it into the DSP. The DSP clock is going to be fixed frequency... it's not going to jitter around following the SPDIF signal even if there is jitter on it.

The receiver's DACs are, presumably, connected to the DSP output not the raw SPDIF input so from a pure sound perspective I don't think the $10 player would make a noticeable difference provided you are using the coax or optical inputs.

If you use the DACs in the player (connect via line level analog) then all bets are off.