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Agreed. Aliexpress has some digital-to-6-channel decoders that work pretty well (and even support the more advanced codecs that are usually licensed by regular
by mmastrac 6y ago
Agreed. Aliexpress has some digital-to-6-channel decoders that work pretty well (and even support the more advanced codecs that are usually licensed by regular amps). Some of them even run Linux under the hood. :)
I would suggest using TOSLINK rather than HDMI as you can almost always extract TOSLINK from HDMI. Technically HDMI can carry more audio bandwidth, but I'm not sure where that might get used (if at all).
EDIT: I haven't specifically tested this one, but it's similar to one I've played with: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001491403444.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.3793397dO9XAXC&algo_pvid=64e896ea-3e0f-458b-bee6-55f9335047e8&algo_expid=64e896ea-3e0f-458b-bee6-55f9335047e8-4&btsid=0bb0622d16047914856123760eada3&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_ https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001491403444.html?spm=a2...
- jeffbee 6y agoYeah, but I can't really recommend building D/A converters any more, except as a learning exercise. Even the cheapest off-the-shelf gear now has performance that will be difficult to beat for the DIYer. This is somewhat disappointing for me as I have built many D/A converters over the years.
- mmastrac 6y agoI think we're on the same page here. Plus with the advanced digital codecs, you should probably just outsource it to the all-in-one chip packages.