No digital surrond sound experience in my Home theatre.?

Question

My home theatre amplifier has 6 input connectors (FL - FR, SR - SL, Center and a Woofer). It does not have an digital input option (Coaxial & Optical). However, my DVD player has both Coaxial & optical out. It also features a Dolby Digital and DTS decoder in it. I am not able to experience true digital sorround sound. Is there any instrument available so that I can bridge my DVD player and amplifier to get DIgital sound experience? The instrument should have 6 channels to connect my amplifier and digital input options. Any help regarding this issue is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

"azgold10" is absolutely right.  We had the same problem and bought a DVD player with all the right jacks for $100 brand-new on eBay.

You have to search "DVD-Audio" or "SACD" players.  And make sure to look at the back of the player before bidding.  Here's a link showing what to look for and how to hook it up: http://www.avtruths.com/uncompressed.htm...

Answer 2

There is no way you can experience true digital surround from your DVD player coupled with that receiver seeing as you do not have a digital surround receiver.  If you receiver has multi channel inputs only it is purely analog and requires a DVD player that has analog multi channel out.  

You literally have only two options to get true surround sound:

1) Purchase a DVD player with multi channel outputs and enable multi channel out in its system menu.

2) Purchase an actual digial surround receiver, use digital coax or optical audio and enable bitstream dolby digital out and bitstream DTS out on the DVD player.

Answer 3

You need a pre-processor or 'pre-amp' box.

A receiver can be thought of as 2 devices in 1 box:

- A electronics package with switchers/decoders/bass management, volume control, etc.

- An amplifier

Higher end audio systems use 2 separate box's. You have the amplifier, but you don't have the electronics package called the "pre processor" or "pre amp".

The nice part about these is you can buy a pre-processor, and add amps later. When something new like HDMI comes along, you just upgrade the pre-processor, but keep your expensive amplifiers. Etc.  

Various companies make these. Some of the higher end names are Adcom, Meridian.  Search ebay/Craigslist for 'preprocessor'.  

There is a internet only company that sells budget-but-decent systems like this called Outlaw Audio.