Hi Rez and bass management

[Tarheel_]

SO, if i do not use the receivers' BM, will it pass the analog through....or will it still convert to digital at some point to the speakers?
The Pioneer 563SA BM is confusing to say the least....

[Woochifer]

SO, if i do not use the receivers' BM, will it pass the analog through....or will it still convert to digital at some point to the speakers?
The Pioneer 563SA BM is confusing to say the least....

Not sure, you might want to contact Harman about that. My guess would be that they convert all signals to digital.

I tried to get a straight answer from Yamaha about a similar issue. I know that their receivers' six-channel inputs are true analog bypasses (this is possible because their volume controls are a digital/analog hybrid), but they also told me that all of their other analog inputs are also analog bypasses when the DSP section is turned off. Yet, the bass management still works when the speakers are set to small. So, does this mean that the receiver is a true analog bypass only when the speakers are set to Large?

I read that the Pioneer 563 uses different crossover slopes for the DVD-A and SACD bass management functions, which just mucks things up even further.