The sound now over the HDMI

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May 30, 2011 at 6:12 pm #4126
gmcintire

    The sound now over the HDMI cable as stereo (96KHz) does sound better than the USB/SPDIF which was at 48KHz.

    Now sure if that is why it sounds a little better or if it is some compressing the USB card did as you guys mention.

    I’m curious why you think the signal was compressed over the USB. I’m thinking it was just surround encoded two channel stereo that could be decoded by the Yamaha, the same as is happening now over HDMI.

    The USB interface in the sound control panel is named ‘Direct’ and I cannot set up any speakers as you normally can. I am thinking this is just some way of bit streaming. Would that be incorrect?

    Not that it matters too much for me now. The HDMI Dolby PLx sound is so good, I can’t really ask for more over the internet. Maybe I’ll change my mind someday when we can hear DD+ from netflix.

    Thanks for all your explanations, guys. It’s really helping me understand all these different formats and transcodings.