Does the Zone 2010 support HDMI Audio?

The ZONE can playback and decode Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master Audio. It is decoded internally in the digital realm and output as either slightly down-res'd 7.1 LPCM over HDMI or as 5.1 over TOSLINK or Analog.

By doing the decoding and outputting 7.1 LPCM, the little "True-HD" logo on your AV receiver will not light up. The difference between this slightly down-res'd audio and pure bitstream audio is sometimes noticeable and sometimes not, depends on the rest of the gear in your system, the room its being used in and your sensitivity to sound. None of our customer's have ever complained about the 7.1 Sound Quality.

Only our top of the line 2010 Pro-Series n7 supports bitstream output, sending the raw 1's & 0's out over HDMI for your AV Receiver to decode.