click here<\/a> to read it), the labels forced the labels to downcovert the S\/P DIF outputs to 48\/16 to deter theft of the their master recordings. [NOTE: they don’t have a problem licensing their high-resolution masters to the likes of HDtracks and Pono at 96 kHz or 192 kHz but from optical discs? No Way!]<\/p>\nThis unfortunate reality makes the HA-1 subject to the copy protection scheme associated with the S\/P DIF outputs…if you’re using one of the HDMI de-embedders (such as the Kanex Pro unit I purchased) AND the right Oppo BDP player (sadly the 83 is not one of the blessed units) you can get the 96 kHz\/24-bit high-resolution signals to externals DACs. Using the Kanex box with my BDP-83 bumped the word length to 24 bits but the sample rate stayed the same…48 kHz.<\/p>\n
So maybe I would get better sound if I hooked up the analog outputs of my BDP-83 and connected them to the analog inputs of the HA-1 using the new headphone amp as a preamplifier with volume control? Since the same ESS 9018 Sabre Reference DACs are in both units and the engineering focus of the HA-1 keeps reference quality analog audio front and center, I think the quality would be the same or better. In my brief listening tests this morning I confirmed this.<\/p>\n
I’ve break down the HA-1 unit in more detail tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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