Hi, I'm looking for confirmation from people who actually know something about the topic so help
So: I have the (very much wonderful and brilliant) HiVi Swans D300 active speakers. These have (among others) optical and coaxial inputs. As the speakers use DSP, my goal is to keep the chain fully digital from source to sound to avoid feeding the speakers analogue signal through a DAC (because the speakers would just take that analogue signal, convert it back to digital then again to analogue).
So, this is where the conundrum begins: I want to use my laptop as the source playing my local FLAC library via a WASAPI (event) in foobar to override any windows audio settings. I connected my laptop via HDMI to my LG CX TV which is then connected via optical cable to the optical in of the speakers.
My hope is that the combination of the WASAPI event and the TV settings set to 1) HDMI Bitstream and 2) digital sound out - pass through will together lead to an uninterrupted chain feeding my FLAC files (everything from 16/44.1 to 24/192) in their original format to the speakers directly and then allowing the speakers alone to process the signal
Reason why I'm asking this and why I'm skeptical this works: 1) I can normally play 24/192 FLACs even though the specs for the speakers themselves say they allow everything up to 24/96. Not sure if everything above that is completely unplayable for DSP active speakers or it's just not recommended (also, can optical cables even carry 24/192 signal? hmm)
2) this may totally be self-doubt and placebo, but I think the sound is slightly better when I play files off my FiiO M11 DAP via SPDIF out directly to the coaxial input of the speakers.
How I understand it is there should be no difference in sound as it's the speakers doing the processing, right? Or am I wrong
TL;DR the chain: foobar (WASAPI event)/laptop - HDMI out (Bitstream) to the LG CX TV - optical out (pass through) - HiVi Swans D300 optical in. The goal: getting my flac library uninterrupted and untampered with to the speakers while keeping the signal fully digital
So: I have the (very much wonderful and brilliant) HiVi Swans D300 active speakers. These have (among others) optical and coaxial inputs. As the speakers use DSP, my goal is to keep the chain fully digital from source to sound to avoid feeding the speakers analogue signal through a DAC (because the speakers would just take that analogue signal, convert it back to digital then again to analogue).
So, this is where the conundrum begins: I want to use my laptop as the source playing my local FLAC library via a WASAPI (event) in foobar to override any windows audio settings. I connected my laptop via HDMI to my LG CX TV which is then connected via optical cable to the optical in of the speakers.
My hope is that the combination of the WASAPI event and the TV settings set to 1) HDMI Bitstream and 2) digital sound out - pass through will together lead to an uninterrupted chain feeding my FLAC files (everything from 16/44.1 to 24/192) in their original format to the speakers directly and then allowing the speakers alone to process the signal
Reason why I'm asking this and why I'm skeptical this works: 1) I can normally play 24/192 FLACs even though the specs for the speakers themselves say they allow everything up to 24/96. Not sure if everything above that is completely unplayable for DSP active speakers or it's just not recommended (also, can optical cables even carry 24/192 signal? hmm)
2) this may totally be self-doubt and placebo, but I think the sound is slightly better when I play files off my FiiO M11 DAP via SPDIF out directly to the coaxial input of the speakers.
How I understand it is there should be no difference in sound as it's the speakers doing the processing, right? Or am I wrong
TL;DR the chain: foobar (WASAPI event)/laptop - HDMI out (Bitstream) to the LG CX TV - optical out (pass through) - HiVi Swans D300 optical in. The goal: getting my flac library uninterrupted and untampered with to the speakers while keeping the signal fully digital
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