Multichannel Analog Audio Vs Hdmi

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Thoughts & Questions (HDMI vs. Analog) | Audioholics Home ...

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I've experimented with HDMI multichannel audio and multichannel analog interconnects (RCA cables). All of my cable were of very high quality both digital and analog, so that cancels that out. I found 6 channel analog to be noticeably superior in sound quality to HDMI for DVD-Audio playback (my receiver is HDMI 1.1 so SACD can't be compared in ...

Blu-ray multi-channel analog vs. HDMI

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I bought the Sony (with its 7.1 analog outs) before upgrading to the HDMI-capable Onkyo. After fiddling around, I was surprised to learn that the analog outs on the Sony sound much better than the Onkyo doing the decoding and DA conversion over HDMI. My question is how do certain Blu-ray players with 7.1 analog outs compare to certain A/V ...

Oppo 105 Multi-channel Analog vs HDMI? - High End …

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5.1 multichannel analog to hdmi converter? | AVS Forum

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If it's a DD/DTS source then it bitstreams and the receiver goes into DD/DTS decoding mode, otherwise it shows Multichannel PCM. Even my microphone, aux input and line input all playback over HDMI. If you had a multichannel analog input card, then the PC would play that back over HDMI in realtime. You don't need an expensive HDMI sound card either.