How good can internal DACs be in Sony DA4ES? Tried multi-channel input from

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Upsamplers, DACs, jitter, shakes and analogue withdrawals, this is it.

a couple of DVD players and my HDDVD player. The HDDVD player is actually supposed to have some pretty sophistocated DACs, but when I switch to the DVD input and let the receiver decode, the sound is clearer, more defined, and more open. I was surprised at this, as the DA4ES is several years old now, and I thought it probably didn't have as good DACs as are available now.
I thought I would get better sound by letting the player decode the disc and go into the 5.1 analog input, but that is not the case. Yes, I am using some fairly decent copper interconnects from the DVD to the multi-channel input, specifically a pair of Audio Art IC-1s.
I have not yet tried a high-end CD player. I think I will check it out with my new Oppo 970 universal player.
Perhaps it is just due to the addition of another set of ICs in the chain.

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Topic - How good can internal DACs be in Sony DA4ES? Tried multi-channel input from - mtrot 17:43:02 10/14/06 (0)

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