• Due to bandwidth limitations, high resolution audio formats such as Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD High Resolution and DTS-HD Master Audio cannot be sent through the coaxial or optical digital audio output. A reduced resolution version of the same audio track will be output instead. To listen to high resolution audio formats in their best quality, please use the HDMI connection if you have a receiver that handles HDMI audio or use the multi-channel analog outputs if you do not.
• Due to copyright restrictions, SACD audio cannot be sent through the coaxial or optical digital audio output. To listen to SACD, please use the HDMI or analog audio connections.
• Due to copyright restrictions and bandwidth limitations, full resolution audio from DVDAudio discs cannot be sent through the coaxial or optical digital audio output. To listen to DVD-Audio in full resolution, please use the HDMI or analog audio connections.

The blu-ray is fully capable of decoding lossless compression and sending the resulting digital signal via coaxial digital connect to the receiver. The new Arcam AVR, which costs $5000, is fully HDMI 1.3 equipped, which means it can decode those lossless compression signals in the receiver.

So I would be spending money for very nice, very current lossless-compression decoding…WHICH I ALREADY SPENT MY MONEY ON when I bought my blu-ray player, which thoughtfully included those compression-decoding facilities onboard. The resulting bitstream, whether decoded in the player or your 1.3 receiver, is identical.

The only difference is that you need an extra cable for audio.

I know the new AVR sounds way better than the 350–but I'm not willing to spend the money on it. I love how this 350 sounds. I've owned the Marantz pre-pro and amp separates, which sound delightful, but this receiver sounds better.

It works very well for me, and with my Ah! Tjoeb CD player, music sounds great. The tubed front end of the CD player gives CD sound a mellow, fluid quality that an airy, open receiver like the Arcam works so well with. The two components accentuate each other's strengths while mitigating each other's weaknesses. A match made in heaven.

My surround speakers, 5 matching KEF RDM Twos, are still going strong, now on their fourth amp setup. As long as they sound this beautiful, I see no need to upgrade.

I could use moderately better speaker wiring, but only when I find a good deal on some low-priced Kimber or Audioquest wire or equivalent. I'll not spend thousands for speaker wires.

I'm amazed that a comparatively low-cost system like this sounds as good as it does. My brother spent thousands of dollars building his home theater. It looks nicer than mine, but mine blows his away in terms of sound quality.

Arcam forever.

The blu-ray is fully capable of decoding lossless compression and sending the resulting digital signal via coaxial digital connect to the receiver. The new Arcam AVR, which costs $5000, is fully HDMI 1.3 equipped, which means it can decode those lossless compression signals in the receiver.

So I would be spending money for very nice, very current lossless-compression decoding…WHICH I ALREADY SPENT MY MONEY ON when I bought my blu-ray player, which thoughtfully included those compression-decoding facilities onboard. The resulting bitstream, whether decoded in the player or your 1.3 receiver, is identical.

The only difference is that you need an extra cable for audio.

I know the new AVR sounds way better than the 350–but I'm not willing to spend the money on it. I love how this 350 sounds. I've owned the Marantz pre-pro and amp separates, which sound delightful, but this receiver sounds better.

It works very well for me, and with my Ah! Tjoeb CD player, music sounds great. The tubed front end of the CD player gives CD sound a mellow, fluid quality that an airy, open receiver like the Arcam works so well with. The two components accentuate each other's strengths while mitigating each other's weaknesses. A match made in heaven.

My surround speakers, 5 matching KEF RDM Twos, are still going strong, now on their fourth amp setup. As long as they sound this beautiful, I see no need to upgrade.

I could use moderately better speaker wiring, but only when I find a good deal on some low-priced Kimber or Audioquest wire or equivalent. I'll not spend thousands for speaker wires.

I'm amazed that a comparatively low-cost system like this sounds as good as it does. My brother spent thousands of dollars building his home theater. It looks nicer than mine, but mine blows his away in terms of sound quality.

Arcam forever.

Hardware seems to be getting more and more like software nowadays, what with patches and updates.

I don’t like the thought of carrying audio and video down the same cable for some reason, after all doesnt light travel faster than sound

Keith