To be honest I must have been living in a bubble the last few years, I did not know that was even possible that you could receive lossless audio formats through mc analog until today. I guess the main advantage is for people with older receivers or their receiver is not capable of passing audio through hdmi.
Are the bass management settings and gain levels defeated on the receiver when using this?
I did a quick search on blu ray players that support 7.1 MC analog audio.
Panasonic DMP BD55
Sony BDP S550
Samsung BD-P2550
These seem to get recommended a lot, if you are specifically using mc analog which one is best for this purpose or are there better players out there.
I believe most receivers will not apply bass mgmt etc when using analog inputs. On paper, the upcoming Oppo BDP-83 looks to be the best player for $500 or so. Based on Oppo's history, they will probably hit a home run with this unit.
