Can anyone indicate what actually is the more direct/clean path with the least amount of A/D/A conversion, digitalization, etc.
For example, if I run all channels set to large for 7.1 direct but only use the 2 mains and connect 2-channel analog in from a CDP
or
If I run my analog in to the 2-channel analog CD in on the 990 with the mains set to large and processing to bypass.

Or is there no difference?