I’ve used a similar device for ripping SACDs where there is no CD layer, but then I used the TOSLINK output.Measures well for the price, but sometimes I wonder about the use case for these products. I most certainly have no idea what I'd consider it for - and I don't mean because of anything terrible with the measured performance, my question is "why?".
If you have a TV and want to send its audio to an amplifier, which only has SPDIF inputs.Measures well for the price, but sometimes I wonder about the use case for these products. I most certainly have no idea what I'd consider it for - and I don't mean because of anything terrible with the measured performance, my question is "why?".
If you want to play sound on a non digital amplifier or active speaker from a HDMI source. TV's don't have analogue outputs anymore so you split of the sound with this device, and put through the image to the screen. To split of the sound a DAC is needed, since HDMI sound is digital. I use it to send an analogue signal from a chromecast to an old Sansui 331 receiver. I use a pc monitor for TV (In my den).Measures well for the price, but sometimes I wonder about the use case for these products. I most certainly have no idea what I'd consider it for - and I don't mean because of anything terrible with the measured performance, my question is "why?".
That makes sense ... but, at "nearly 16 bits DR" is it the best tool of choice for that?I’ve used a similar device for ripping SACDs where there is no CD layer, but then I used the TOSLINK output.
I can’t get anything better than that with the equipment I have, but 16 bits is what a CD uses and that format is great sounding.That makes sense ... but, at "nearly 16 bits DR" is it the best tool of choice for that?
SPDIF over Toslink does support 5.1 but that is a lossy format and the DAC must be able to decode it.OK - but even my 12 year old flatscreen has a Toslink output - isn't that standard? Since this box provides only digital outputs I am not sure I "get it", since you'd need a DAC behind it anyhow... just like if you just used the Toslink out on the TV - and in theory Toslink supports 5.1...?
I am strictly ole-fashioned 2.1, so this is more of a question in order to learn, more than anything else.
SPDIF over Toslink does support 5.1 but that is a lossy format and the DAC must be able to decode it.
Thank you, I didn't know that. To me TV use is secondary
Does that mean that in my personal use (Toslink out to DAC and 2.1 -not 5.1- system) I am getting semi-lossy audio output from the TV at the aforementioned "nearly 16 bits"?
Thank you, I didn't know that. To me TV use is secondary
Does that mean that in my personal use (Toslink out to DAC and 2.1 -not 5.1- system) I am getting semi-lossy audio output from the TV at the aforementioned "nearly 16 bits"?
It has a 3,5mm mini jack output for analogue. Mine has proper RCA outputs, and Toslink but no coaxial like this one.Since this box provides only digital outputs
....Supports up to 4k video resolution; 8-bit 4K (30 Hz),
Few "Thenaudio Sharc" eARC processor ($200) look worthy (but w/o specs).[on August 18, 2020]This is HDMI v1.4, it does not support HDMI 2.0 and HDCP 2.2. You can still use it in HDMI 2.0 system, but you will get 1080P or 4K@30Hz, you can't get 4K@60Hz and no HDR.
Get the latest HDMI 2.0 extractor instead, at about the same price, such as the "UAEP" model see less
The round connector used to be called the "9 volt" because that was the most common voltage for it back in the days. That was the reason I put that in parenthesis, not that the voltage is 9 volts.@amirm you may want to change power supply voltage from 9V to 5V. The label says, 5V and USB is also 5V.
All due respect @amirm that doesn't make sense and is misleading. Besides, the same connector had been used on all sorts of different voltages from the very early days. They are standardised by IEC almost 30 years ago as SELV plugs and sockets for varying voltages.The round connector used to be called the "9 volt" because that was the most common voltage for it back in the days. That was the reason I put that in parenthesis, not that the voltage is 9 volts.
the connectors layout is indeed identical, the rest looks different i guess, but the sticker is screaming "we are brothers!" (amazon to the right)This is built from a standard motherboard that has been circulated on eBay and elsewhere in myriad conformations for a few years—I’m pretty sure it’s the same internals KanexPro uses for their HAECOAX model, but this iteration is at a much lower price.
I’m not sure why you have to select the multichannel toggle to get high sampling rate passthrough to coax, but you do. I use the KanexPro version to output from the HDMI Audio Out on my (discontinued) Sony UBP-x1000ES Blu ray/SACD player, running to the digital coax input on my Topping d90SE.
When I have the multichannel output selected on this board and Sony’s DSEE Extreme enabled on the player, I get 88.2khz for Red Book CDs and 176.4khz for SACD discs—this is how I figured out that the DSEE Extreme engine upsamples the signal by a factor of two. The same tech is still available in the current production UBP-x8002–whether the upsampling makes any audible difference is questionable, but to my ears this setup sounds great!
My hat’s off to you for looking under the hood! I don’t use any of the analog stages, I only use the HDMI digital de-embedder function to pass through to coax. Have you found that you have to enable multichannel as well?the connectors layout is indeed identical, the rest looks different i guess, but the sticker is screaming "we are brothers!" (amazon to the right)
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