Is it worth having a Linn DSM Surround Sound Processing, SSP module in a stereo system?
TVs, Blu-ray players, satellite boxes, etc. often have an option to output stereo PCM. Therefore, there is no need to put Surround Sound Processing modules in DSMs for stereo only use. It might be useful to have HDMI 2.0 for the ARC input and 4K pass through, but the SSP module doesn’t achieve anything in a stereo system or does it?
Recently, I found that upgrading from Katalyst to Organik makes a substantial improvement to audio from TV and a Sky Q box. That’s got me wondering if the Linn SSP module costing £1,200 could do a better job of decoding the Dolby Digital signal than the typical TV, satellite box or Blu-ray player. Would moving the decoding from the AV components to the DSM improve sound quality?
Perhaps, I am being naïve about AV here. Possibly, the high price of the Linn SSP module is due to do it being specially manufactured to match the DSM and has no bearing on sound quality. Has anyone tried using a SSP module in a stereo system and did it improve the quality of TV sound? I am sure my dealer would be happy to sell me one, but would I be wasting my money?
TVs, Blu-ray players, satellite boxes, etc. often have an option to output stereo PCM. Therefore, there is no need to put Surround Sound Processing modules in DSMs for stereo only use. It might be useful to have HDMI 2.0 for the ARC input and 4K pass through, but the SSP module doesn’t achieve anything in a stereo system or does it?
Recently, I found that upgrading from Katalyst to Organik makes a substantial improvement to audio from TV and a Sky Q box. That’s got me wondering if the Linn SSP module costing £1,200 could do a better job of decoding the Dolby Digital signal than the typical TV, satellite box or Blu-ray player. Would moving the decoding from the AV components to the DSM improve sound quality?
Perhaps, I am being naïve about AV here. Possibly, the high price of the Linn SSP module is due to do it being specially manufactured to match the DSM and has no bearing on sound quality. Has anyone tried using a SSP module in a stereo system and did it improve the quality of TV sound? I am sure my dealer would be happy to sell me one, but would I be wasting my money?
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