You are right, MCH, but loomis's concern is because the 1050 and most other receivers today automatically convert all stereo analog inputs back to digital in order to provide any processing that is needed and then convert back to analog -- so hooking his Philips/Marantz to the 1050's CD input would mean that he would be doing D/A at the CD player, then A/D and D/A again at the 1050.

As for the hiss at high volume from center and rears, I don't know...

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