Perhaps another way of stating things is hdmi was implemented for blue ray picture and sound. Because of the higher bit rate storage, these discs along with their audio is of this higher bit-rate. There are few 2ch blue ray discs and or few 2ch pre's with hdmi-in.--It took high-end processors a long time to catch up to mass market receivers, so high end 2ch pre's w/hdmi-in may be a while; if they ever come out w/ such.
CD players and HDMI
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If cd player mfgs and 2 channel preamp mfgs offered an HDMI connection from a cd player to a preamp vs using analog interconnects, would that offer a sonic improvement? It seems to have done the trick in home theater......what about in two channel?
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If cd player mfgs and 2 channel preamp mfgs offered an HDMI connection from a cd player to a preamp vs using analog interconnects, would that offer a sonic improvement? It seems to have done the trick in home theater......what about in two channel?
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