Hello everybody,
I'm looking for the missing piece of my config and I kindly ask for your help:
My situation
Source A: a laptop with USB and HDMI
Source B: a TV with 4 HDMIs (one supporting eARC)
--- single missing piece ---
Out 1: headphones with 3.5 mm TRRS jack
Out 2: active loudspeakers with digital coaxial in
I clearly want to use any combination of source and out, so the missing piece should have (at least) both USB and optical input, and (at least) both a digital coax out as well as an integrated DAC feeding an headphone amp (losing the mic function of the headphones is acceptable, but bonus point if I can keep it). Huge huge plus if it ships with a remote too.
There's one device which, I'm basically totally sure, ticks all the boxes, and it is the miniDSP SHD Studio. However I'd like to know if there are other possibilities, mostly because I'm not completely sure I want or need to factor room correction in my setup, and this takes up a good part of the SHD value (aka €€€s).
I'm looking for the missing piece of my config and I kindly ask for your help:
My situation
Source A: a laptop with USB and HDMI
Source B: a TV with 4 HDMIs (one supporting eARC)
--- single missing piece ---
Out 1: headphones with 3.5 mm TRRS jack
Out 2: active loudspeakers with digital coaxial in
I clearly want to use any combination of source and out, so the missing piece should have (at least) both USB and optical input, and (at least) both a digital coax out as well as an integrated DAC feeding an headphone amp (losing the mic function of the headphones is acceptable, but bonus point if I can keep it). Huge huge plus if it ships with a remote too.
There's one device which, I'm basically totally sure, ticks all the boxes, and it is the miniDSP SHD Studio. However I'd like to know if there are other possibilities, mostly because I'm not completely sure I want or need to factor room correction in my setup, and this takes up a good part of the SHD value (aka €€€s).