After numerous turns of events in the past few weeks, I now have one kit version incoming. Gonna have to fashion a case for it myself, but the cased version wasn't gonna be in stock any time soon at the only domestic place selling the thing for a reasonable price. I just hope the quality is enough.
On which note since it is a kit and thus not limited by the standard case I/O-wise I was considering maybe latter adding the i2s -> SPDIF output to allow using a better DAC for the main channels, while the other two could be directly connected to subwoofer(s).
There doesn't seem to be much in the way of ready-to-go solutions, and I definitely can't do my own custom PCBs or anything like that. I was looking at the second board linked by mdsimon2. I got a bit confused looking at the specs. The WM8055 talks about a single output channel. But can a single board still actually "pass through" a stereo signal from the 2x4 HD, or how exactly does it work? The digital outputs would seem somewhat awkward for mono and thus later combining into stereo. But if a single board gets the job done, how much work exactly is it to get it to "talk to" to the 2x4 HD, and what other parts - besides a connecting cable - does it require? I was a bit unclear if the reference to not being worth the time or cost to implement referred to also just one stereo pair output, or only to the trickier two pairs.
Overall seems weird that miniDSP themselves don't offer a "plug and play" solution for this. Or maybe they feel it would cannibalize the sales of their higher-priced products? Heck if I know.
On which note since it is a kit and thus not limited by the standard case I/O-wise I was considering maybe latter adding the i2s -> SPDIF output to allow using a better DAC for the main channels, while the other two could be directly connected to subwoofer(s).
There doesn't seem to be much in the way of ready-to-go solutions, and I definitely can't do my own custom PCBs or anything like that. I was looking at the second board linked by mdsimon2. I got a bit confused looking at the specs. The WM8055 talks about a single output channel. But can a single board still actually "pass through" a stereo signal from the 2x4 HD, or how exactly does it work? The digital outputs would seem somewhat awkward for mono and thus later combining into stereo. But if a single board gets the job done, how much work exactly is it to get it to "talk to" to the 2x4 HD, and what other parts - besides a connecting cable - does it require? I was a bit unclear if the reference to not being worth the time or cost to implement referred to also just one stereo pair output, or only to the trickier two pairs.
Overall seems weird that miniDSP themselves don't offer a "plug and play" solution for this. Or maybe they feel it would cannibalize the sales of their higher-priced products? Heck if I know.