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It defeats the purpose of having a set of 'purist' analog inputs if they monkey around with the signal anyway.

to me, it defeats the purpose of having a set of "purist" analog inputs if your system can't reproduce the source material.

sacd/dvd-a formats are capable of reproducing a range of frequencies above and below human hearing with huge headroom.
above 20khz. means little to me as i can't hear it. but, below 20khz. means alot because, though i may not hear it, i can certainly feel it.

the point is...if the artist intended it (and certainly many will as more musicians experiment with these formats), i want to be able to play it back.