[atledreier]

I have recently hooked my PC to my HT via digital coax cable. I have ripped my most played CDs to apple lossless, and I'm loving iTunes fullscreen on my LCD.

BUT!

I firmly believe the sound is degraded quite a bit compared to playing directly off a CD player. I noticed iTunes have a volume control, so there is at least some processign there. Might be some resampling going on somehwere. My surround processor have no option to display the current input format, so I have no way of checking what my PC is sending, but it sounds flatter and more 'grainy' to my ears. Is there a way to ensure an unprocessed bitstream from a lossless format? I don't care if i have to use another player, but a full screen slick presentation like iTunes is preferred.

I use Vista ultimate, so I can use Media Center. Also, my ouput is via onboard audio on an Asus P5N32-SLi motherboard.