Does the Outlaw 950 digitise analog inputs? (1 Viewer)

[Tony Lai]

I know it has analog multichannel bypass and I expect some of the analog inputs (ie. like VCR) to be digitised so the Crystal processor can do dpl2 however is there a pure analog bypass for phono or CD or SACD?
I was looking at the Rotel RSP-976 and all two channel inputs were digitised while the 5.1 multichannel input was fully analog. Unacceptable.
I would prefer a complement of fully analog inputs that bypass the Crystal VLSI/DAC so it's pure passthru.
T.

 

[John Kotches]

Tony,
The 950 information page, which has a link to features and specs (that I can't grab the URL off of because it's a popup), says all analog inputs can be either bypass or processed.
Here's the basic 950 info page on their site, http://www.outlawaudio.com/news/news_oct_950.html#
Here's the germane text, lifted verbatim:

Speaking of analog inputs, we realize that there are still many audio enthusiasts who have significant analog libraries. To accommodate high-end analog sources where you do not wish to have the signal run through the A/D - DSP -D/A path so that the analog input is never digitized, we are pleased to announce that all analog inputs may be chosen as a "bypass". In that mode all A/D and D/A conversion is bypassed, and the analog source goes straight through to the volume control. You can do this on not one input, not two inputs, but on EVERY L/R analog input. Again, we can't think of ANY product out there that does that.

Regards,
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John Kotches
Contributing Writer
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[Tony Lai]

>You can do this on not one input, not two inputs, but on EVERY L/R analog input. Again, we can't think of ANY product out there that does that.
Heh!
Oh my god... I'm in love.
If Outlaw put in an ac3-rf demodulator, I would buy two of 'em!
Must buy.
T.

 

[Will]

>You can do this on not one input, not two inputs,
>but on EVERY L/R analog input.
As opposed to (what?) analog inputs that are not the
Left/Right channel?