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Oppo BDP-83 optical out for 2ch stereo from blu-r?

OK, this may be a dumb question, but for the best sound from blu-ray (or dvd) discs should I go with the Oppo 83's analog stereo outs to my preamp, or use it's optical digital output into my outboard dac? Note that I do not have muti-channel capability, my stereo rig is 2 channel only. I am using the Oppo 83 for blu-ray, not as a cd player. For example, a concert on blu-ray disc. Would a HMDI audio de-embedder (hmdi-to-optical digital spdif) converter be something I should look into? Any advice on how to get the best 2 channel sound out of the blu-ray player would be appreciated.
Thanks!
heymikey

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bar81
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The response would depend on the quality of your DAC and digital cable. The only way to really know would be to try out both options.
bar81
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Sounds like you should use the digital out then.

I am doing the same with my Blu-Ray/HD DVD player with two channel PCM output over coax into my EMM Labs XDS1 CDP and it works extremely well. There is no need for a two channel specific track in your Blu-rays, every Blu-Ray player will down mix a multichannel Blu-Ray lossless soundtrack properly to two channel and should output to PCM 24/96 over coax or toslink for processing by a DAC. Further, the Oppo is said to offer a superior two channel down mix.
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