CDs played in BD player via AVR - which decodes?

[TEKNOPUG]

Quick question as my brain has long since stopped working on a Thursday afternoon.

If I play a CD in a BD player, which is connected to an AVR via HDMI, which machine does the decoding? Does the BD DAC process the CD or does it just send the digital signal via the HDMI lead to the AVR, for it to process and convert to analogue? I’m aware that AVR’s can be set up to allow video pass through but can they also run audio pass through via HDMI?

[Mr_Yogi]

AS HDMI is digital the BD player must be sending the digital signal to the DAC in the AVR.

[TEKNOPUG]

This is what I thought. So if I wanted to send the audio processed by the BD DAC, I'd need to connect via RCA leads? Can I still send DTS audio via analogue leads?

Also, is this true for video as well? If connecting via an HDMI lead, it will send the pure digital signal and the let the AVR do the processing? Does this mean that all BD via AVR are just transports and it makes no difference whether you are using a Bush or OPPO BD player?

[Frances The Mute]

TEKNOPUG said:

This is what I thought. So if I wanted to send the audio processed by the BD DAC, I'd need to connect via RCA leads? Can I still send DTS audio via analogue leads?

Also, is this true for video as well? If connecting via an HDMI lead, it will send the pure digital signal and the let the AVR do the processing? Does this mean that all BD via AVR are just transports and it makes no difference whether you are using a Bush or OPPO BD player?

DTS is digitally encoded, so you won't send that via analogue phono cables (L&R) only via a 75ohm coax cable which most players no longer have.

The player is reponsible for gathering the source signal. The amplifier will decode the audio side but the quality of the player still has a massive bearing on the signal to start with. Same with the video signal.

You put crap in, you get crap out, basically.

[TEKNOPUG]

So if my BD DAC is better than the one in the AVR, the only way to configure it is via RCA leads but I would need to swap back to HDMI for playing DVD, BD's etc, unless there is an option to switch between the two audio outputs in GUI on the BD?

[Cock Womble 7]

TEKNOPUG said:

So if my BD DAC is better than the one in the AVR, the only way to configure it is via RCA leads but I would need to swap back to HDMI for playing DVD, BD's etc, unless there is an option to switch between the two audio outputs in GUI on the BD?

Have you got a vacant Phono/CD connection on the AVR you could plug the BD into, then just switch with the remote?

[TEKNOPUG]

Cock Womble 7 said:

Have you got a vacant Phono/CD connection on the AVR you could plug the BD into, then just switch with the remote?

Yeah that might be one way round it. I have had a chance to look as been working away all week. Will have a play about at the weekend.

Just been thinkging aloud really. I have a seperate CD player that I'm thinking of selling so just need to try all the configuration permuatations and see what sounds best.

[Cock Womble 7]

Decent phono cable, L/R out on the BD (assuming it has one) connected to L/R in on whatever spare input on the AVR.

Job jobbed.