Blue-ray player connected through analogue leads

[keneddy]

I have a Pioneer PDP-436XDE TV and a Denon AVR3802 Amp-both 5 star products in their day and still excellent. I want to buy a Blue-ray player and reluctant to part with these items. Can anyone tell me if there is a noticeable difference between using a HDMI connection ( which my Denon doesn't have ) and 7.1 analogue connections as regards to sound quality. My choice of Blue-ray player is the Sony BDP S760. Do I really have to scrap an excellent amp?

 

[d4v3pum4]

I use (bluejeans) multi-channel analogues with my HD DVD player and 3805 amp and it works very well. I have experienced some lip sync issues with one disc in particular (one of the Bourne films) but that's about it. I would definitely recommend going this way if you don't intend upgrading the amp.

The following link should help with the setup.
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[moomin]

i have my sony bdp-1se connected to my yamaha dsp z9 via analouge 5.1 cables and it sounds awesome,so i would say if anyting it might be better as i have heard a lot of dealers say that passing sound and picture through hdmi there is a compromise in sound