sound streamer / receiver


audiophiles, 

Lovely to be here. I am looking for some options which can do this:
modern hdmi in and out (like 8k / hdmi 2) along with optical out. What sort of devices do this? I've looked everywhere and its very confusing to find one.

krams

The Trinnov Altitude 16 with the latest HDMI 2.1 board will accept 8K and can output digital over optical or coaxial for some of the channels.

Otherwise I think Meridian is expecting you to use their controller with Trinnov, Datasat, or Storm Audio. Is that the Meridian processor configuration you weren't able to get working?

@mahler123 210 Streamer | Meridian Audio (meridian-audio.com) I use this to send sound signals to the speaker. (I use ethernet cables from 210 to the meridian speakers

For the above problem I was looking to split the sound before the TV to send to the speakers.

What I could never get working was connect Meridian HD 621 [which promises the same features but could not get it to work]. HD 621 does send hdmi signals out to the TV - but could not get the sound to work. I've tried all the ports including the RS 232  -> Ethernet and then connecting that to the speaker link in of the 210 Streamer.

@krams perhaps the Meridian HD 621 does not support the audio codecs you are using, from your HDMI source. It was introduced quite a long time ago. There is a newer Meridian UHD722 but I suspect you might need the Meridian 271 with one of the processors I mentioned earlier. Have you asked your Meridian dealer?