BOSE Lifestyle 8 + SACD/DVD-A

Benjamin Day New member Username: Sigma6 Post Number: 1 Registered: Oct-04	Posted on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 01:41 GMT Hi, I have a BOSE Lifestyle 8 system and I am thinking about buying a SACD/DVD-A player. My question is, I know I won't be able to play these formats in 5.1, but will I still be able to play these formats through my BOSE and receive a high resolution sound (and I am thinking about buying a low end player for now, eg. the pioneer DV-676A)? Cheers, Ben.
Arnold Layne Silver Member Username: Arnold_layne MadridSpain Post Number: 173 Registered: Jun-04	Posted on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 17:40 GMT It depends on the interconnections. S/PDIF (coaxial or optical) cannot handle SACD or DVD-A bitstreams. How have you hooked up your system?
Benjamin Day New member Username: Sigma6 Post Number: 2 Registered: Oct-04	Posted on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 23:12 GMT Well I was thinking if I did buy a player I would put it through the coaxial input, but that doesn't seem like a good idea now , so my only other options on the BOSE are just the normal RCA inputs for AUX and Video.
John A. Gold Member Username: John_a Post Number: 2293 Registered: Dec-03	Posted on Sunday, October 17, 2004 - 14:28 GMT Benjamin, You should still get higher resolution sound than from CD. Many SACD and DVD-A discs carry a two-channel, stereo mix. And, if not, players will often downmix 5.1 to stereo. So there should be no discs you cannot play. The thing to do would be to take the player's 5.1 analogue ouputs for Left and Right main channels, and connect those to any "Aux" input, just as you would for an external CD player. I think you will be impressed at the sound quality. The same goes for DVD-Video discs; many carry a high-resolution stereo track, too. Some people prefer that to 5.1, for music on DVD-V.
Bill Jones Unregistered guest	Posted on Wednesday, October 27, 2004 - 03:06 GMT I have a Lifestle 8 and the sound just quit on me today. I checked all the connections and reset the power. Any ideas anyone?

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