Note that Meridian, Pioneer and Onkyo have recently offered PROPRIETARY DIGITAL connections for DVD-Audio and / or SACD in their high-end models. This means that the connection can only be made Meridian DVD/CD player to Meridian processor, Pioneer DVD/CD player to Pioneer processor, etc., those having the digital feature. A much better solution is near in-hand.
Whoever they are, the people driving the copy protection issues have agreed on the"fire-wire" digital transfer format for the two high-resolution digital formats. So, in the near future we SHOULD be able to plug and manufacturers player into any other manufacturers processor using the open architecture fire-wire format. I hope so anyway; we don't need all those expensive analog cables!!
Whoever they are, the people driving the copy protection issues have agreed on the"fire-wire" digital transfer format for the two high-resolution digital formats. So, in the near future we SHOULD be able to plug and manufacturers player into any other manufacturers processor using the open architecture fire-wire format. I hope so anyway; we don't need all those expensive analog cables!!