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Which is better, the D/A's on your Sony player or the D/A's on the Rotel pre/pro?
My Sony will give me output in 2 channel through the 6.1 outputs, but it far underperforms the results I get when using the stereo L/R outputs specifically for 2 channel playback.
Ouch! Anybody know if that's specific to the Sony SACD player or if most other DVD-A / SACD players also play CD's through the 2 channel outs much better than through the 6.1 channel outs?
If that is correct, do you have any explanation on why that might be the case.
Sure, superior design, superior electronics. If the op-amps are better, so will be the sound. Digital is easily done within a processor, the analog part requires a good design and quality matched parts. IMO, the 555es has both.
the explanations seem sto imply that there are separate, and possibly better op-amps on the analog L/R outputs as compared to the 6 analog outs.
George: maybe I misunderstood your question? I don't believe that the Sony uses seperate op-amps(but I could be wrong on this) for different outputs. What I was referring to was that different players use different analog components and it is IMO, those different analog components, like op-amps, that makes one unit sound better than another. For example, look at the Sony SACD players. They all use the same DSD processor yet no one would say that the 777es doesn't sound better than the $300 non-es Sony SACD player.
Ric, from what I have read, you must use the stereo analog outputs for CD and stereo SACD playback on the 'XA777ES. Apparently, you cannot use the front left and right jacks of the 5.1-channel outputs for stereo sources. It is possible that Sony designed a better analog output stage (shorter path length, less interference, etc.) for the stereo analog outputs and, therefore, designed the player to only play stereo sources through them.