Orei HDA-939 HDMI Audio Extractor Review

[Fench]

Picked one up as well, too tempted to resist the 25% discount at Amazon.

 

[Fench]

Picked one up as well, too tempted to resist the 25% discount at Amazon.

Received and tested. It doesn't output 192kHz when downmix is switched on. Orei Support confirms it downsamples to 48kHz over SPDIF/optical for better compatibility, when it is set to downmix to stereo. Therefore i'm returning it.

 

[Miniyouuuu]

I use an AppleTV 4K connected to a 2022 Samsung TV. My TV acts as hdmi splitter and send audio signal to my Bluesound Node through Hdmi eARC connection.

Would the HDA-939 be a better audio splitter than my TV???

When I start AppleTV, Bluesound detects audio signal and turns on my amp, due to 12v trigger. But this path is laggy and sometimes slow to react.

Do you think an HDA-939 would be a better solution? Any improvement in audio quality or faster amp activation would be wellcome…