Originally Posted By rdgrimes
The Oppos speaker setup options only effect the analog outputs.
In most cases it doesn't matter where the decoding is done, although it may impact the 976's DSP modes in some way. In a perfect world the 976 should be treating LPCM input more or less the same as bitstream.


I watched a full 4K UHD movie (The Revenant) for maybe the first time since I upgraded all my HT gear and it was pretty amazing. I may pose the question to the Outlaws about the 976 processing bitstream from the OPPO but if there isn't any difference in the audio quality it may not matter. However, it seems odd that Outlaw would expend all the effort to build a processor to have it not work with, at the time, a very popular disc player. Regardless, I'm enjoying movies again.

Thanks again!
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