How many digital sources do you have?

[BeeKay]

Roon (NUC via USB)
CD-Player (via TOSLINK), rarely
BT, almost never

 

[obsessive9119]

Depends how you count

- loung room: technically 3, but 1 in terms of required inputs (AppleTV -> TV -> WiiM)
- study: 1 (WiiM)
- portable: 1 (iPhone).

 

[Mr. Swordfish]

Right now, two that go into the computer (turntable with USB, DAT player with SPDIF/TOSLink) and one that comes out of the computer (via external D/A)

Everything else is distributed analog - a bunch of sources (computer output, DAT, 2 turntables, CD player, TV audio, portable music player, occasional other analog source) routed to six listening areas, each with a stereo pair of speakers.

Digital is great, but I don't see the need to re-architect everything for a marginal at best increase in performance.

 

[RexrothPigeon]

How does that work?

dutch & dutch 8c are roon endpoints

 

[lkanies]

TV Room: Three (PS5, Nintendo Switch, Apple TV), all going into an AVR via HDMI 2.1. Airplay can be done via either the Apple TV or AVR.
Living Room: Three (Airplay via WiiM, Apple TV and Nintendo Switch via toslink from the TV to the WiiM).

I'm actively looking to replace the complicated living room setup (MiniDSP Studio for Dirac, WiiM as preamp, buckeye amp, toslink instead of ARC, and sometimes using the WiiM to switch sources, sometimes the TV). It's huge and a mess. I both love and hate the MiniDSP -- it feels like a device built for how we did things fifteen years ago -- no ARC, no wired remote control (all this stuff is hidden in a cabinet and can never have line of sight for IR or for seeing what the current source is), no auto switching (this is the worst for me). It's technically a great preamp. But in practice, using the WiiM is 100x better of an experience. And I keep thinking of replacing the whole stack with a single NAD M33 or something.

 

[Mort]

14 wiims

 

[mags65]

1 (roon)

Ditto.

 

[xanalog]

If it is not wireless, RF, or app/mobile-based; I probably use all input interfaces -including ethernet/NAS/Dante- and HDMI but not AES-EBU, in the 4-corners of the house.
...

I have been able to totally divorce all our audio I/Os (digital, as well as analog) from our video system; after finally abandoning the complexities of multiple AV separates.
But the 'restraining order' between them allows SPDIF to enter through the proverbial firewall between the two.
I even find that e/ARC is a hassle to process (via SMSL DO100Pro ) and an intrusion.

 

[Bland_username42069]

Cd/streamer combo transport and sometimes waxwing via optical

I’m very basic

 

[jjk1]

To expand inputs you get one of these.

Automatic SPDIF (Optical/RCA) Audio Switch by Beni_Skate on Tindie

Automatic Optical/RCA SPDIF Audio Switch with Optical/RCA SPDIF Output and additional high quality Audio DAC

www.tindie.com

I use it so I can EQ everything on a Wiim device via a single optical input.
It’s been reported to also eliminate jitter. -

Forum message — RME User Forum

 

[JKinAK]

3
Heos serves .wav files from the NAS and (formerly qobuz)
BluRay player
Miscellaneous “smart” TV related content

I’ll pass on adding recurring expenses. I’d rather keep buying albums and ripping them (all new rips are flacs).