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<blockquote data-quote="Andrew H" data-source="post: 628585" data-attributes="member: 56239">GLAD to hear of your progress!&nbsp; It's frustrating getting some of this stuff working right.&nbsp; Now, and not to belabor your initial question, but I looked at the specs on the z-5500 where it stateswhich makes me question why you mention &quot;I've been using analog out as this is the only way to get close to HD audio out (TrueHD,DTS-Master etc).&quot;&nbsp; Both of those formats require higher-end decoding equipment, or for your PC to decode to 8 analog (7.1) outputs, or am I missing the point?&nbsp; I also wonder (because I've not physically gone to listen) whether the average system (in terms of quality/cost) is capable of producing any difference between a DolbyDigital (AC3, 5.1) and a Dolby TruHD (7.1) soundtrack.&nbsp; I'm not dogging you, just wondering.&nbsp; Also, as I understand the player will downsample/strip these soundtracks down to 5.1 if that's how the player is configured.&nbsp; I'm just wondering how you're listening to these HD audio formats on the z-5500?I'd suggest you should use whichever method (PC decode analog to z-5500 -vs- SPDIF passthrough &amp; z-5500 decode) sounds better to you.&nbsp; It'd be hard to say which component has the better D/A converters.&nbsp; I always advocate using SPDIF in conjunction with the typical A/V receiver but this mini system would be questionable...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andrew H, post: 628585, member: 56239"] GLAD to hear of your progress! It's frustrating getting some of this stuff working right. Now, and not to belabor your initial question, but I looked at the specs on the z-5500 where it stateswhich makes me question why you mention "I've been using analog out as this is the only way to get close to HD audio out (TrueHD,DTS-Master etc)." Both of those formats require higher-end decoding equipment, or for your PC to decode to 8 analog (7.1) outputs, or am I missing the point? I also wonder (because I've not physically gone to listen) whether the [I]average[/I] system (in terms of quality/cost) is capable of producing any difference between a DolbyDigital (AC3, 5.1) and a Dolby TruHD (7.1) soundtrack. I'm not dogging you, just wondering. Also, as I understand the player will downsample/strip these soundtracks down to 5.1 if that's how the player is configured. I'm just wondering how you're listening to these HD audio formats on the z-5500? I'd suggest you should use whichever method (PC decode analog to z-5500 -vs- SPDIF passthrough & z-5500 decode) [I]sounds[/I] better to you. It'd be hard to say which component has the better D/A converters. I always advocate using SPDIF in conjunction with the typical A/V receiver but this mini system would be questionable... [/QUOTE]

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