my default pathway into my speaker system is currently toslink from my TV, a vizio m0 from 2016 or so. i have a suspicion that it is not passing bit perfect pcm from the HDMI input (coming out of a fire tv cube 2019) to the SMSL m500. to that end, i'm thinking of pulling PCM directly from the HDMI output of the fire tv. quick amazon search gives me these options that support hdmi 2.0b pass-through
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=hdmi+audio+extractor+4k+60hz&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
has anyone tried these and had better results than what's coming out of their tv otherwise? i'm afraid of hdmi issues coming out of these boxes as well as the toslink outputs being compromised even worse than the tv.
alternatively, we are thinking of getting a new 65" with more local dimming zones or OLED to replace this 55" in the living room and moving the 55" to the bedroom. is anyone aware of specific brands (we'd be looking at LG oled and vizio) that are known to pass HDMI audio bit perfect out of their toslink outs?
alternatively, has anyone been able to get USB togo support for UAC devices from a fire tv cube? i chatted with a friend who knows the fire tv devices pretty intimately and he suspected that the fire tv OS strips UAC drivers, as they are pretty locked down for stability and (ironically) security reasons.
i have an ipad that i'm using as a streamer via USB for critical listening via the tidal app, but every time i switch the input to USB, my partner gets to puzzle over why the tv isn't making any noise...
note that i only have one hdmi source (and a playstation that i don't really care about the audio quality from) and am not looking for an AVR
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=hdmi+audio+extractor+4k+60hz&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
has anyone tried these and had better results than what's coming out of their tv otherwise? i'm afraid of hdmi issues coming out of these boxes as well as the toslink outputs being compromised even worse than the tv.
alternatively, we are thinking of getting a new 65" with more local dimming zones or OLED to replace this 55" in the living room and moving the 55" to the bedroom. is anyone aware of specific brands (we'd be looking at LG oled and vizio) that are known to pass HDMI audio bit perfect out of their toslink outs?
alternatively, has anyone been able to get USB togo support for UAC devices from a fire tv cube? i chatted with a friend who knows the fire tv devices pretty intimately and he suspected that the fire tv OS strips UAC drivers, as they are pretty locked down for stability and (ironically) security reasons.
i have an ipad that i'm using as a streamer via USB for critical listening via the tidal app, but every time i switch the input to USB, my partner gets to puzzle over why the tv isn't making any noise...
note that i only have one hdmi source (and a playstation that i don't really care about the audio quality from) and am not looking for an AVR