Everyone knows of the cheapo optical to 6 channel RCA boxes:
And the cheap HOSA ones with only two channels, but digital output:
Is there something like this that outputs to AES/EBU for a digital system, and has 5.1 outputs? Wanting something so that I can plug in a Genelec 7271 and 8260 pair instead of the HOSA adaptors that are only two channel... Might get some surround monitors in the future. Source is an LG C9 OLED that can output Dolby surround or PCM over optical.
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For significantly more, (Maybe $2000) is there something that would take optical or EARC and output it to both Analogue XLR and AES/EBU over XLR or Coaxial which I understand can be converted to AES/EBU?
Might just need to save the money and go all analogue if I do surround after the XMC2 gets measured, but would like to be able to do all digital 2.1 with expandability if I can. Other than a Dante device that can have adaptors do AES or Analogue XLR, sounds like I might need to settle.
This device should be out in June ish, but I don't know if it Arvus will sell it to compete with something like an Emotiva/Monolith or more like $20,000 competing with Trinnov/Casablanca/JBL Synthesis which apparently still has issues with Dante.
http://www.arvus.io/h2-udma.html
And the cheap HOSA ones with only two channels, but digital output:
Is there something like this that outputs to AES/EBU for a digital system, and has 5.1 outputs? Wanting something so that I can plug in a Genelec 7271 and 8260 pair instead of the HOSA adaptors that are only two channel... Might get some surround monitors in the future. Source is an LG C9 OLED that can output Dolby surround or PCM over optical.
OR
For significantly more, (Maybe $2000) is there something that would take optical or EARC and output it to both Analogue XLR and AES/EBU over XLR or Coaxial which I understand can be converted to AES/EBU?
Might just need to save the money and go all analogue if I do surround after the XMC2 gets measured, but would like to be able to do all digital 2.1 with expandability if I can. Other than a Dante device that can have adaptors do AES or Analogue XLR, sounds like I might need to settle.
This device should be out in June ish, but I don't know if it Arvus will sell it to compete with something like an Emotiva/Monolith or more like $20,000 competing with Trinnov/Casablanca/JBL Synthesis which apparently still has issues with Dante.
http://www.arvus.io/h2-udma.html
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