DVD Player & my DAC

I think technics makes one that can feed 96K. There are a few models, such as the sony 7700 that can be modified by msb for around 385. See msb's web site. I know that most dvd players will use 96khz into their own internal dacs, but downsample to 44khz for digital output.

The ability of a DVD player to allow digital output of 96 kHz material is specific to the disc. If a copy protection system (such as CSS) is utilized, then the player will either disable the S/PDIF (IEC 958) output or invoke a degrading routine (the limits are 48 kHz - 16 bit). No DVD player (or transport) will ever do a non-integer conversion as stated above by John_1 (96 kHz to 44.1 kHz). There is no necessity to pay for a "modification" as most modern DVD players follow this scheme. In the case of copy-protected material, a protected interface is required (one that supports encryption) such as Universal I2S. This would of course require that you utilize a more sophisticated converter that also supports these higher performance interfaces. Kevin Halverson

This is what I am talking about. http://www.msbtech.com/upgrades/96-24up.html