BDP analogue out vs HDMI..............still confused!

[fayeanddavid]

All

Having established that analogue out is the way to go for my amp (Yamaha RX V 2700) from a BDP, next question is;

Is the sound over analogue out as good as/comparable with/better than over HDMI for the "Tru HD" soundtracks from Doby and DTS?

Please, anyone?

Thanks

 

[Gerrardasnails]

fayeanddavid:
All

Having established that analogue out is the way to go for my amp (Yamaha RX V 2700) from a BDP, next question is;

Is the sound over analogue out as good as/comparable with/better than over HDMI for the "Tru HD" soundtracks from Doby and DTS?

Please, anyone?

Thanks

Can't you send the audio through hdmi in bitstream and let the BD player decode it - like you would be doing with the analogue cables?

 

[professorhat]

Yup, that's definitely the easiest way to do it i.e. use the HDMI into your amp but set your BD player to decode to PCM.

 

[fayeanddavid]

professorhat and gerrardasnails

Might make clear sense to you guys, for me nada.

First question, does PCM over HDMI give the same decode benefits for al HD audio scenarios??

Secondly, don't believe my amp decodes audio over HDMI, just carries video and upconverts, hence my question re analogue out quality

Can be wrong, looking out there to all the gurus

Thanks

 

[The_Lhc]

fayeanddavid:First question, does PCM over HDMI give the same decode benefits for al HD audio scenarios??
Yes

Secondly, don't believe my amp decodes audio over HDMI, just carries video and upconverts, hence my question re analogue out quality

Yes but you're not asking the amp to decode the audio, you're aksing the blu-ray player to decode it and then send the decoded audio to the amp (which it CAN handle).

 

[Gerrardasnails]

fayeanddavid:
professorhat and gerrardasnails

Might make clear sense to you guys, for me nada.

First question, does PCM over HDMI give the same decode benefits for al HD audio scenarios??

Secondly, don't believe my amp decodes audio over HDMI, just carries video and upconverts, hence my question re analogue out quality

Can be wrong, looking out there to all the gurus

Thanks

Ok, I might be wrong here but I'm assuming your receiver can send audio but just cannot decode the HD codecs. If this is the case, all you need to do is connect your Bluray player to it using a decent hdmi cable. And then in the settings on the BD player, you can make the player decode the audio and then send it through to your amp.

If you go the analogue way, yes, I reckon the quality would be pretty much the same but I don't think you need to add 6 or 8 cables when one hdmi should work.

 

[Gerrardasnails]

Gerrardasnails:fayeanddavid:
professorhat and gerrardasnails

Might make clear sense to you guys, for me nada.

First question, does PCM over HDMI give the same decode benefits for al HD audio scenarios??

Secondly, don't believe my amp decodes audio over HDMI, just carries video and upconverts, hence my question re analogue out quality

Can be wrong, looking out there to all the gurus

Thanks

Ok, I might be wrong here but I'm assuming your receiver can send audio but just cannot decode the HD codecs. If this is the case, all you need to do is connect your Bluray player to it using a decent hdmi cable. And then in the settings on the BD player, you can make the player decode the audio and then send it through to your amp.

If you go the analogue way, yes, I reckon the quality would be pretty much the same but I don't think you need to add 6 or 8 cables when one hdmi should work.

Confirmation; I've just read an old review of your receiver. The reviewer connected the Yamaha to an HD DVD player:

"This was a first for me
- getting to experience
HD and DD+ in all
of its glory via one
HDMI connection (Note:
Toshiba player decoding,
Yamaha handling bass
management). The audio
was simply awesome! Gone were the
compressed artifacts during loud dynamic
scenes I've so commonly experienced via
standard Dolby Digital. This HD DVD
sounded as good as some of the best DTS
multi-channel recordings I've heard."

 

[fayeanddavid]

many thanks for the info.

I shall revert to the manual for the amp and have a read, all is much clearer now.................I think!!

 

[The_Lhc]

fayeanddavid:many thanks for the info.

I shall revert to the manual for the amp and have a read, all is much clearer now.................I think!!

You'd be better off reading the manual for the blu-ray player, that's what you need to set the decoding on, the amp will handle it automatically.