I am in the process of purchasing a bunch of dual-voltage and multisystem stuff to take overseas with me. This requires me giving up my beloved Cambridge Audio 840A integrated amplifier and purchasing a Yamaha dual-voltage receiver. I am not happy about this in the least.
I am going to purchase a Pioneer dual-voltage, multisystem DVD player that can play DVD-A. This is important to me because I burn all of my live recordings to DVD-A using DiscWelder. I notice that some of the receivers have a "HD Audio format signals capability" function and I don't know what this is. Maybe not coincidentally, these are the receivers that cost upwards of $1,000 and I don't want to spend that much. Could I play my 24/96 DVD-A recordings on this Pioneer DVD player (which plays DVD-A) into a cheaper Yamaha receiver without this function and still have a 24/96 signal coming out of my speakers? Or do the electronics in the receiver manipulate the signal where it comes out in less than a 24/96 format? Does the "HD Audio format" refer to Blu-Ray or something similar?
Any help on this would be much appreciated.