AVR520 and PA2000 6 and 8 Channel Direct Inputs????? (1 Viewer)

[Bob-E]

I just purchased the following HK Components:

AVR520
PA2000
DVD50
FL8380

I’m not sure I understand the purpose 6-Channel and 8-Channel Direct Inputs. I’m using the PA2000 to power my FL and FR towers and then connected the SBR and SBL preamp outputs to the FL and FR Amplifier Inputs. I connected the DVD audio using an optical cable and the CD player using a digital coax. Do I not have this set up right? When or why would I use the 6-Channel or 8-Channel Direct Inputs?

Thanks!

 

[Charles Gurganus]

You would use the 6 or 8 channel direct inputs to bypass the digital processing of the HK 520. You could connect the analog outputs from a SACD player or DVD-Audio player, the 2 new hi-rez music formats. You could also connect any 2 channel source you didn't want to digitize like a turntable (you would have to have a phono stage of course) or maybe the analog outputs from a top notch CD player where the CD player may have better DAC's than the receiver. I don't really see anything in your equipment list that would benefit from this unless the DVD50 has DVD-Audio capability.

 

[Bob-E]

Thanks Charles,

So your saying that it would be better to use these analog inputs rather than an optical or digital coax as long as the component I am connecting has better DAC's than the reciver?

Would you use these inputs instead of the optical cable for DVD movies as well, or justAudio CD's played through the DVD player?

 

[Steve K.H.]

You have it hooked up right... (I was gonna write a bunch more, then thought that would only make it confusing)

 

[Paul Clarke]

or justAudio CD's played through the DVD player?

That's right. 2 channel or multi-channel like DVD-A or SACD.