Hey everyone,
because of the current state of AVRs regarding HDMI ports or the lack of those and the high price for processors I was playing with the thought of ditching a preamp completely and building some kind of an own processor by wiring single components. For example a HDMI board that only routes the video and splits the audio to a DAC. This DAC sends it to my amps. So the best case would be having only two components. What do you think about this idea? Is this feasible with high quality parts that don't cost as much as a Dacia and don't require soldering and lot's of DIY?
My dream setup would be a HDMI 2.1 board with at least 4 inputs and 1 output, a digital audio or XLR output for the selected HDMI input to a DAC (also preferrably with XLR inputs and ouputs). No fancy stuff like frequency correction, EQ, wifi or bluetooth needed.
because of the current state of AVRs regarding HDMI ports or the lack of those and the high price for processors I was playing with the thought of ditching a preamp completely and building some kind of an own processor by wiring single components. For example a HDMI board that only routes the video and splits the audio to a DAC. This DAC sends it to my amps. So the best case would be having only two components. What do you think about this idea? Is this feasible with high quality parts that don't cost as much as a Dacia and don't require soldering and lot's of DIY?
My dream setup would be a HDMI 2.1 board with at least 4 inputs and 1 output, a digital audio or XLR output for the selected HDMI input to a DAC (also preferrably with XLR inputs and ouputs). No fancy stuff like frequency correction, EQ, wifi or bluetooth needed.