carolimagni
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I've been trying to find something similar to the Arvus HDMI-2A or H2-4D. Ultimately to see if consumer multichannel sources like blu ray players, Apple TVs etc could be sent from HDMI-/+eARC into the XLR AES digital inputs of an Okto DAC8 Pro while not having to fret about HDCP, support eARC and decode any and all Dolby formats. This is a lofty goal apparently. I'm clearly not the first to explore this from the posts on here.
Fully aware of USB/PC playback options, this is more for full off-the-shelf HDMI device support alongside USB. The Storm Audio ISP units are off the table however in this quest as they're north of £8k+ from what I've found.
However, could these 2 boxen be combined to support what I'm after, using Dante as a middle-man? It's not that much cheaper than an Arvus unit, but from the info available those Arvus units don't support HDCP anyway. The blustream box appears to be a new device.
Blustream SW42DA 4 Way HDMI Switcher Dual Output
if that Dante output was then connected to
Sonifex AVN-DIO19 Dante® to AES3 16 Channel I/O Converter
with the DB25 to 4 x XLR3M and 4 x XLR3F cable.
Since it would be limited to 8 channels, the most you could achieve Atmos-wise would be 5.1.2/5.2.2. But unless I'm missing something, this would enable what I'm after. It would be using 20% of the blustreams parts given its other functions, but possibly get over the HDCP hurdles others have faced in the past.
Thoughts? I think it could be a powerful combo. But could this introduce unwanted latency?
Cheers,
Charles
Fully aware of USB/PC playback options, this is more for full off-the-shelf HDMI device support alongside USB. The Storm Audio ISP units are off the table however in this quest as they're north of £8k+ from what I've found.
However, could these 2 boxen be combined to support what I'm after, using Dante as a middle-man? It's not that much cheaper than an Arvus unit, but from the info available those Arvus units don't support HDCP anyway. The blustream box appears to be a new device.
Blustream SW42DA 4 Way HDMI Switcher Dual Output
https://www.blustream-us.com/hdmi-switchers-sw42da• Supports all known HDMI audio formats including Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD Master Audio transmission
• HDMI audio breakout of Dolby Atmos and DTS-HD to up to 8 channels of Dante audio (7.1ch), with an independent 2 down-mixed channels of Dante audio
• HDMI audio breakout of Dolby Atmos and DTS-HD to up to 10 channels of Dante audio (7.1.2ch / 5.1.4ch)*
..
• HDCP 2.3 compliant with advanced EDID management
if that Dante output was then connected to
Sonifex AVN-DIO19 Dante® to AES3 16 Channel I/O Converter
https://www.sonifex.com/avn/avn-dio19b.shtml
- 8 x balanced digital stereo AES3 inputs and outputs on 2 x 25-way D-types.
- Sample rate conversion of physical inputs to Dante system sample rate.
- Physical output sample rate matches Dante system sample rate.
with the DB25 to 4 x XLR3M and 4 x XLR3F cable.
Since it would be limited to 8 channels, the most you could achieve Atmos-wise would be 5.1.2/5.2.2. But unless I'm missing something, this would enable what I'm after. It would be using 20% of the blustreams parts given its other functions, but possibly get over the HDCP hurdles others have faced in the past.
Thoughts? I think it could be a powerful combo. But could this introduce unwanted latency?
Cheers,
Charles