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This pertains to all my stereo listening, redbook,sacd, and just recently I've tried downloading a few HDtrack WAVs (Dream Theater even)! and put the lossless WAV files on USB stick and plug that into my Marantz UD5007 universal player.
So here's my question, using the WAV file USB drive for example... when I do that and keep it via HDMI output(bitstream) to my Marantz SR8002 it sounds much better in many aspects (Says 96K stereo on receiver, so receiving it properly) COMPARED TO when I just use the 2 analog outputs from the Marantz and switch the source of my receiver to the 2 RCA inputs which receive the analog out of player with blue jean cables. Why is this, I figured if anything analog would sound better. I am doing NO extra processing/EQing etc besides Xover at 80hz, but Im noticing better sound especially in clearer and more focused highs/mids with the bitstream output. Can this be due to my receivers DACs are better than universal player too, I thought they would all be roughly the same. Kind of new to all this so Im trying my best to make sense of things but just wondering what you guys think, sorry if it is a dumb question but its really what I hear all placebo effect nonsense aside.
So here's my question, using the WAV file USB drive for example... when I do that and keep it via HDMI output(bitstream) to my Marantz SR8002 it sounds much better in many aspects (Says 96K stereo on receiver, so receiving it properly) COMPARED TO when I just use the 2 analog outputs from the Marantz and switch the source of my receiver to the 2 RCA inputs which receive the analog out of player with blue jean cables. Why is this, I figured if anything analog would sound better. I am doing NO extra processing/EQing etc besides Xover at 80hz, but Im noticing better sound especially in clearer and more focused highs/mids with the bitstream output. Can this be due to my receivers DACs are better than universal player too, I thought they would all be roughly the same. Kind of new to all this so Im trying my best to make sense of things but just wondering what you guys think, sorry if it is a dumb question but its really what I hear all placebo effect nonsense aside.