KotF wrote:

I recently bought a Daewoo 9000S5 DVD player - had some good reviews and was
cheap! Two days later my Phillips CD player (bought in 1987) died - so I
tried to hook up the DVD in its place. (Simple L/R Stereo out to the amp).
The sound quality is awful! I've played around with the menus - setting
SPDIF (?) to off or PCM (?) improves things but it still sounds bad.

It sounds like the signal to the amp is too strong - is this likely, or is a
cheap DVD player simply not up to the job?


If it sounds like the signal to the amp is too strong,
then it probably is. Try a 10dB attenuator (4 resistors)and see if
things improve.

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Roger.