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Unfortunately, you won't be able to listen to DVD-Audio or SACD multi-channel output from your disc player unless your receiver or processor has analog multi-channel inputs. In most cases, you should be able to listen to the two channel tracks found on many DVD-Audio discs by routing the two channel analog output of your DVD player to one of the two channel analog inputs on your receiver.
Of course, you will need to figure out how to select the two channel option on the DVD-Audio disc, which varies by disc and player and is a lot more complicated than it should be. I have to say, DVD-Audio is probably the most ill-conceived and frustrating format I've ever come across. Even us enthusiasts have a hard time figuring out how to get the damn things to play properly.
But now that I think of it, WHY don't more DVD-Audio or SACD players have variable audio outputs? It could potentially simplify system setup for a great many people. If there was a universal DVD-Audio/SACD player with multi-channel variable audio outputs, and perhaps one or two optical inputs (for satellite or cable TV sources), a lot of us could ditch our receivers or processors altogether. Perhaps this might be a topic for another thread.
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