That actually makes sense -- I'd suspect that the DAC in the Toshiba DVD player isn't doing as good as job as he 1050's DACs do. When you use the analog out from the Toshiba, the 1050 ends up getting that more restrained and less full analog input produced by the Toshiba's DAC. All the 1050 can do then is try not to further degrade the signal during the A/D-DSP-D/A process. When the digital output from the Toshiba is used, the Toshiba's DAC doesn't come into play and you are giving the 1050 exactly what digital data was put on the disc. At that point, the 1050's DACs have the "original" to work with, and they will likely produce a more detailed output.

If you want to prove this to yourself, hook the Toshiba's analog signal to the 1050's 5.1 input -- that will let you here the Toshiba's output without any other manipulation. It should be fairly similar to (and possibly indistinguishable from) the sound of the Toshiba analog out to the 1050's stereo analog inputs.

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