raif71
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As someone who uses all 8 channels of a Okto Dac8 Pro (but would have preferred to not have waited so long), this thread is sort of a riot.
As someone who uses all 8 channels of a Okto Dac8 Pro (but would have preferred to not have waited so long), this thread is sort of a riot.
i truly cannot see how you assign eq’d channels in the topping 8 channel dac. there is one usb input. every output channel wil be identical. therefore, this cannot feed the linkwitz speaker individual drivers.
But the DSP software is AHEAD of the DAC. I don't see how you allocate 8 channels from the DSP to the 8 output channels of the Topping DAC. To rehearse, every Linkwitz speaker driver has its own EQ and crossover settings -- four distinct pairs, completely different. For that to work, the Topping DAC would have to have its own control panel or routing scheme. I strongly doubt that it does. That is why the MiniDSP 4x10 solves the problem: one input signal is DSP'd inside the 4x10 and then programmed for 8 distinct output channels. Please explain how I am wrong in more than one sentence. Explain how you go from source to DSP to Topping to 8 linkwitz drivers with their own unique settings.The DSP software does all that if it's configured properly.
I'd almost be surprised if they did actually. Most don't seem to work with Linux regardless of their "Class Compliant" marking. That being said, if they did and it will work as we wish, that would be a big win for us MCH users who would like to use a RPi running RoPieee.What does that have to do with topping? Topping has created and shipped huge number of DACs that are class compliant. I see only a tiny possibility that they got this wrong.
i truly cannot see how you assign eq’d channels in the topping 8 channel dac. there is one usb input. every output channel wil be identical. therefore, this cannot feed the linkwitz speaker individual drivers.
Comon, look into your control panel in windows, or your. audio midi setup in maxos, you will see 8 output channels, it’s native to the os and any multi channel apps recognise that. Who on earth would need 8 identical channels? Where is that coming from? you can do multiple channels with USB, when yoou listen to stereo, you don’t have 2 identical channels. No routing necessary on Topping side, You have 8 outputs, you can use them for surround, you can use them with dsp, you can do whatever you want with them. They are visible from any applications.But the DSP software is AHEAD of the DAC. I don't see how you allocate 8 channels from the DSP to the 8 output channels of the Topping DAC. To rehearse, every Linkwitz speaker driver has its own EQ and crossover settings -- four distinct pairs, completely different. For that to work, the Topping DAC would have to have its own control panel or routing scheme. I strongly doubt that it does. That is why the MiniDSP 4x10 solves the problem: one input signal is DSP'd inside the 4x10 and then programmed for 8 distinct output channels. Please explain how I am wrong in more than one sentence. Explain how you go from source to DSP to Topping to 8 linkwitz drivers with their own unique settings
i truly cannot see how you assign eq’d channels in the topping 8 channel dac. there is one usb input. every output channel wil be identical. therefore, this cannot feed the linkwitz speaker individual drivers.
But the DSP software is AHEAD of the DAC. I don't see how you allocate 8 channels from the DSP to the 8 output channels of the Topping DAC. To rehearse, every Linkwitz speaker driver has its own EQ and crossover settings -- four distinct pairs, completely different. For that to work, the Topping DAC would have to have its own control panel or routing scheme. I strongly doubt that it does. That is why the MiniDSP 4x10 solves the problem: one input signal is DSP'd inside the 4x10 and then programmed for 8 distinct output channels. Please explain how I am wrong in more than one sentence. Explain how you go from source to DSP to Topping to 8 linkwitz drivers with their own unique settings.
You do realise that to achieve good active crossover control of speakers, you need more than onboard DSP ?A missed opportunity for the active crossover market IMHO with the omission of an onboard DSP and an analog input. DSP on the PC is not straightforward and has many problems.
Key word there, you sure got that right.Read my full post and you will see I was responding to the quoted poster's bizarre [...]
Yeah...connect the PC with a microphone then the app will send out frequencies like what some AVR do and configures the DSP to the 8 channels. Any app on the PC that does that ?You do realise that to achieve good active crossover control of speakers, you need more than onboard DSP ?
You need a full fledged GUI to get things properly aligned and correct. Not something a standalone unit can do properly without something like a tablet sized, full tilt touch interface attached to it at the minimum.
Nearest solution would be an App that talks to it.
But when you go down that line, why not just plug a WinOS tablet / MiniPC to it and leave everything on the device itself instead ? Since its so much easier to update or change softwares on the WinOS device ?
I'm wondering if any of the the DSP softwares will exceed the performance of the Linkwitz Analog Signal Processor. I know mini DSP doesn't.
This device is not a replacement for an AVR. The only thing similar is, this DAC and an AVR both process more than two channels.
What we indeed need is for the AVR companies to up their game by offering better specifications -- full stop!
I'm wondering if any of the the DSP softwares will exceed the performance of the Linkwitz Analog Signal Processor. I know mini DSP doesn't.
That's exactly what it does - split the USB Audio output stream. One USB audio device, multiple channels.Sorry, I am still not following this. There is only one USB input on the DAC, right? How do you split that into 8 channels EQ'd for the Linkwitz drivers?
And now someone else wants to fck it up by adding bluetooth. More more more, make it bigger.The device does not HAVE multiple digital inputs so it's quite moot: Why add ASRC to a single digital input USB device?
Dolby Audio (Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos)
[DTS-X surround sound (pass-through) over HDMI] -- not relevant
High-resolution audio playback up to 24-bit/192 kHz over HDMI and USB
High-resolution audio up-sample to 24-bit/192 kHz over USB
Audio support: AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, MP3, WAVE, AMR, OGG Vorbis, FLAC, PCM, WMA, WMA-Pro, WMA-Lossless, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos, Dolby TrueHD (pass-through), DTS-X (pass-through), and DTS-HD (pass-through)