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Question about DTS on Integra DTR 8.2

I'm a beginner trying to get my first setup finished. I recently purchased an Integra DTR 8.2 receiver, and now have my Millenium DTS Decoder sitting unused on my rack. Do you think the Millenium decoder would work better than the one built into my Integra receiver. Also another quick questions, my Yamaha DVD-C920 has a built in dts decoder, as does my Integra DTR 8.2 How does the system decide which DTS Decoder to use? and which one of the three would be best?
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maineiac
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You can use only the DVD DTS decoder if you have multi-channel analog outputs and use the multi-channel selection on your receiver. I have seen someone saying how bad it is to do this in other posts, but I do it for concert DVD's and it works fine.
maineiac
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The receiver detects a DTS encoded source and decodes it. So if you have a receiver and DVD player with analog multi-channel inputs/outputs you can choose to have the DVD decode the DTS bitstream (send it analog to the receiver and have the receiver play throu the SACD or 7.1 input), or have the receiver get the digital signal and then decode the bitstream.
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