Hi guys. I have a Pioneer BDP-140 BD player and a Onkyo NR818 receiver. I have some multi-channel SACDs to play and I want to get best quality. To my disappointment, I found my 818 only has a set of cheap PCM1690 DACs, with is not DSD-analog capable. That is to say, DSD signals must be converted to PCM, either on the player or the receiver. I have two options here:
1. Let the player, BDP-140 do the conversion. It can output 88.2kHz/24bit LPCM for SACD.
2. Feed the receiver DSD, and let the receiver do the conversion. The sampling freq. is unknown.
Could you give me some suggestions about which setting is better? I'm curious about what is the sampling frequency of the PCM signal converted from DSD inside NR818. If it's higher than 88.2, maybe it's better to let the 818 do this job. Any idea?
1. Let the player, BDP-140 do the conversion. It can output 88.2kHz/24bit LPCM for SACD.
2. Feed the receiver DSD, and let the receiver do the conversion. The sampling freq. is unknown.
Could you give me some suggestions about which setting is better? I'm curious about what is the sampling frequency of the PCM signal converted from DSD inside NR818. If it's higher than 88.2, maybe it's better to let the 818 do this job. Any idea?