It's hard to put this into words. Years ago I was given a Denon DVD-2500BTCI from my father, which before you type, he bought used for dirt cheap. Most of its life in my hands, its been sitting. I would like to use it as a "fancy" CD transport but there's one problem, only HDMI output. I recently bought a Sony STR-DA5400ES from my father, so I thought they would make a great combo but I'm not a huge fan of that Sony and I prefer my "cheap" Yamaha A-S301. I was thinking of using the Sony as a optical/RCA extractor but it seems so silly to use it as such. I want to use that Denon player with my Yamaha.
I was looking at those cheap "HDMI extractors" on amazon, I kept overthinking (The fine perks of being an "Audiophile"). My main concern is that the extractor would add jitter or add something to the extracted optical signal. A part of me is overthinking and other part feels justified thinking like this.
I was looking at those cheap "HDMI extractors" on amazon, I kept overthinking (The fine perks of being an "Audiophile"). My main concern is that the extractor would add jitter or add something to the extracted optical signal. A part of me is overthinking and other part feels justified thinking like this.