Hello,
I'm planning on buying a HC in the future
I'll probably build a DIY Hypex UCD180 5 channels amplifier; because it seems to be the most cost effective things to do while being really good quality (if I understood correctly)
And probably use something like this Okto that just seems amazing.
However I have two questions :
- First, I will mainly use it from a PC with USB however I want the option to use an optical connexion (to use other sources)
So will I be able to "convert" an optical connexion to the AES/EBU IN of the Okto ? If yes what would you recommend to make this conversion (not sure if conversion is the right wording)
If yes, then I'd just need to switch from USB/AES mode to "pure AES" mode right ? ( the "first" mode and "last" mode on the main webpage :
https://www.oktoresearch.com/dac8pro.htm)
- Secondly .... as nice as this Okto is, it's really expensive for me and I don't need the two last channels, so I was wondering if you had either a cheaper but still good alternative (like the same but with 6 channels for example) or simply something really cheap (like 200$ or so) that will do the work somewhat fine just to wait for the Okto