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>Yeah, but an Apple TV or HTPC or w/e can transcode your DD+ media to DD in realtime. Sure. But that means tanking the quality. It doesn't magically keep the q
by lowbloodsugar 4y ago
>Yeah, but an Apple TV or HTPC or w/e can transcode your DD+ media to DD in realtime.
Sure. But that means tanking the quality. It doesn't magically keep the quality just because it started as DD+.
>(And current Sonos products support HDMI.)
Which is why I was making the point about going the SPDIF route.
- Marsymars 4y ago> Sure. But that means tanking the quality. It doesn't magically keep the quality just because it started as DD+. I'd say "marginally degrade" rather than tank. DD at 640 kbps is pretty close to transparent, and E-AC-3 to AC-3 transcoding uses hybrid recompression to avoid the full quality hit of lossless -> lossless.