hdmi arc

Hey everyone, I'm dealing with the age old problem of ground loops, or more accurately, ground loops and EMI interference. My signal chain is as follows: PC (HDMI) --> TV (HDMI ARC) --> Wiim Ultra (RCA to XLR) --> JBL 308P MKII Without my PC turned on, I can hear some buzz and interference...

Dear colleagues, Since my search for a dedicated recommendations thread was unsuccessful, I'm hoping here is a good place. If I missed something, please excuse me. I am using a pair of active Neumann KH120 speakers with my TV and for now I have them connected with a random DAC from Amazon. I'm...

Right audiofam, My current setup is pretty basic: two speakers and a sub driven by a 2-channel amp. Specifically, this: Naim Uniti Nova Sonus Faber Olympica II Sonus Faber Gravis II And a sexy pic to help: What I'd like to do is add in a set or rears and a centre speaker to create a 5.1...

I have a few Blu-ray discs that contain 24/96 DTS HD Master Audio content. I want to be able to output the stream to to a quality DAC and then into my 2 channel audio system (much preferred and separate from my Denon AVR-X2700H AV 7.2 receiver). Both my Panasonic HD Blu-ray DP-UB820 and my...

I seem to be coming up empty with this search, but is a SPDIF to HDMI converter or an optical audio to HMDI converter a thing? I'd like to send my digital audio signal from my WiiM Pro streamer to my AVR via HDMI so I can have it turn on automatically and switch to the source when I send a Tidal...

I changed my budget AVR (Denon 800h) to a Amp + Streamer layout (Audiolab 9000 + Bluesound Node 130). I use an AppleTV 4k 2022 as audio & video source connected to a Samsung 2022 TV, HDMI ARC cable to Node and optical cable and 12v jack to Amp. Previously, due to HDMI ARC functionality, I used...