DVD Player & my DAC

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

Several DVD players output 24/96. My Pioneer Elite DV-05 does so. There are a couple of things, minimum, to consider. First, one must usually configure the player to output 96k. The default is 48k. Secondly, many audiophile recordings are marked 24/96. Unfortunately, they are recorded at that bit/sample rate. They output the standard 16/44.1 in most cases. The MSB, by the way, will pass 24/96 in its' stock form.

I figure Martice is talking about the Chesky/Classic music 24/96 discs,etc. None of the budget dvd player will handle this,but lots of the more upcsale players do.

You're absoulutely right George. However, I did find that the Sony 560D does pass true 24/96 audio but only if the DVD allows it. Thanks