ClubNeon, I see that you have an Elite 79avi. I have the same DVD player and I find it is really good at playing CD's with the Burr Brown DAC's.
I was wondering though what you see when playing a CD with the 79 to your 1018 (I have the Elite VSX-01 which is pretty much the same receiver). When I play CD's (through the 2 ch analog connection on the 79), the receiver display shows "96 kHz Stereo" which I think is odd because a CD, as mentioned, has a sampling rate of 44.1 kHz. 96 is clearly not the multiple I would expect for upsampling. I'm a little worried about the fact that it isn't a 1x or 2x upsample. The "Pure Audio" feature on the 79 doesn't seem to have an effect on the receiver display.
Any similar experience/insight? Thanks.
