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John Besse

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Ok, so I made the jump to HD DVD a few weeks ago and am going nuts with using TOS Link vs. the 5.1 analog audio outputs on the HD-A1. I listen to a fair amount of DVD-A and hate having to switch the plugs between two players to make use of the 5.1 analog out on the HD-DVD player. Is there such thing as a switch box for analog 5.1 so I can run my HD-DVD player and my SD DVD player with DVD-A and switch back and forth using just a button?
 

JeremyErwin

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One set of multichannel inputs is pretty standard. Must be that back panel space is at a premium.

I'm in the same boat-- I have a SACD changer and an Oppo 971.
 

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tsk, tsk doesn't anyone have HDMI ;)

Zektor used to have a dedicated m/c audio switch but its been discontinued in favour of the (less expensive) HDS4.1
 

Geoff Gunnell

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Is this the kind of thing you are looking for?

http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/c...-sw.html#yprpb

EDIT: NO -- what is wrong with my mind -- you don't need component video switching -- sorry, never mind...

REEDIT: Maybe! Check the table at the bottom of this page:
http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/c...-sw.html#multi
as they say you can use video circuits to switch audio...

REREEDIT: How about this one?
http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/zektor.htm#hds4

AARGH! Same thing FeisalK found above!
 

John Garcia

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I don't see what the problem is? Just run the HD-A1 via digital and leave the DVD-A player on the m/c input.

Component video switchers can be used to switch audio also.
 

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What extra resistors? Analog cables are nearly always manufactured with 75 Ohm coax and it works fine. Should not be a problem at all. I've seen it done for people who have separate DVD-A and SACD players.
 

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Besides the Zektor switch noted above, Sony made the multichannel preamp, the TA-P9000ES, at one point. Both are pricey. I had the TA-P9000ES and sold it last fall. I used it to switch between multi-channel SACD and DVD-A.

Using analog is the only way to get True HD if there is no HDMI.

http://www.dolbylabs.com/consumer/te...HD_avrs_1.html

Using analog though, unless the rec'r has bass management on the multi-channel input, you are stuck with the bass management in the player. I would think it would be better using an HDMI connection as all the bass management would be done in the digital domain, w/o conversion, and sent to the digital input of the rec'r.
 

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