Multichannel with active speaker

[tartalatruffe]

Hello there!
I use a pair of monitoring active speaker in my living room (Focal Twin 6 + RME ADI 2 DAC FS). I would like to extend this to multichannel by staying with pro audio gear. What would you recommand?

I would need to play for exemple 5.1 blu-ray.

 

[staticV3]

Two ways to go about it:

-A/V Processor:
Large, expensive, can decode bitstream (Dolby/DTS)

-miniDSP Flex HT/HTx:
Small, inexpensive, cannot decode bitstream-> your video source has to decode and output LPCM (e.g. ATV 4K, DP-UB820, Oppo BD Player)

 

[tartalatruffe]

Two ways to go about it:

-A/V Processor:
Large, expensive, can decode bitstream (Dolby/DTS)

-miniDSP Flex HT/HTx:
Small, inexpensive, cannot decode bitstream-> your video source has to decode and output LPCM (e.g. ATV 4K, DP-UB820, Oppo BD Player)

Thank you!
With an A/V Processor I'll pay for amp and preamp I don't need (and my actual DAC might have better technical measurement specs, so I don't want to ditch it).
With a miniDSP, I cannot connect my speaker with XLR.

Just saw that the RME ADI 2/4 Pro can output 8 channels. I think this is my way to go
I'll just have to find out how I can input bluray + streaming services multichannel signal (I don't know if bd player can output multichannel audio via USB?)

 

[staticV3]

With a miniDSP, I cannot connect my speaker with XLR.

With a miniDSP HTx, you can connect your speaker with XLR.

Just saw that the RME ADI 2/4 Pro can output 8 channels. I think this is my way to go
I'll just have to find out how I can input bluray + streaming services multichannel signal (I don't know if bd player can output multichannel audio via USB?)

It can't.

 

[Joaquinín]

Samsung S95C and other tvs can output audio through USB. Anybody has tried this with multichannel USB DAC?