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How to get HIGHEST-rez signal into my dac from a BRP

Right now i play Netflix dvd's on my Mac Mini, with the toslink out to my Benchmark DAC,into my Plinius 8200 MkII amp, into Platinum Audio Solo speakers ( 35Hz is 3dB down point) - no subwoofer has qualified via the WAF.

I'm willing to buy a Blu-ray player BUT only for access to the hi-rez audio they carry ( improved video is secondary)

OK...Now I get barely OK sound on some dvds ( Woody Allen films do ok with sound)...and a lotta times CRAPPY sound off 2-tracks on dvds.
HOW can i get access to the excellent quality audio in Blu-Ray discs DTS-HD Master Audio and/or Dolby® TrueHD?

I heard that the Blu-ray analog outputs are dumbed-down and not hi-rez quality- through the BRP's dac ....and that the desired hi-rez HD Master Audio and/or Dolby® TrueHD only go out via HDMI outputs. As a 2-channel audiophile with great equipment that I got to work synergistically after a lot of work - NO WAY am i going to play movie audio through some all-in-one "AV receiver" !

I am sure many of you fellow audiophiles feel the same way - AND some have solved this problem.

PlEASE, let me know possible solutions or work-arounds to achieve as sweet sound while listening to music as when watching a film.
waterzlife

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kr4
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Better than high rez? Not unless one goes really cheap.

However, I do agree that buying a cheap player and using
its analog outputs (i.e., using its built-in DACs) is no
way to get the best of the medium.

A player like the Oppo 103/5 can output stereo PCM up to
24/192 via the coax and optical outputs for connection to
the DAC of one's choice.

Alternatively, with any good player, feed the HDMI to a
compatible DAC (like the NAD) or to a good prepro.
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kr4
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Typical responses about this "common problem" are usually based on using poor source material and/or comparisons of widely disparate quality compoents. I think you fall into the latter category.

Perhaps the OP should try a hi-rez quality DVD with his current setup in order to see if the problems are not inherent in his equipment. If so, swapping the DVD drive for a BD wouldn't be progress.
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kr4
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If his present equipment is not capable of demonstrating the advantage of higher-than-CD source material than providing even better source material for it would be pointless. Of course, the return privilege for a BDP would reduce the cost to teh OP's time-and-trouble.
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