There are a few DACs now that have HDMI ARC inputs that you could use with your TV.
Streaming from a TV
I am setting up a nice system in an audio/video room. I am trying to think thru how I'm going to play movies and music thru a TV with a nice DAC. I will probable stream music through a streamer when I am listening to music but I would like to take advantage of my nice equipment when watching movies. Is there any streamers that I can run the toslink from my TV thru that will clean the signal and maybe change the input to the DAC like a DDC. I know I can run straight to a DAC if it has Toslink but it won't sound as good. How good would the Denafrips Gaia be if I just streamed from a laptop and ran the TV and laptop thru it? Would I need this if I get a really high end DAC? II know there are plenty of people doing this same thing so let me know what you are doing in your setup.
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@mahler123 I do have HDMI and eARK. |
I currently do this. I have the TV coming in to the DAC via optical and on old W4S modified SONOS ZP90 coming into the DAC via coax. The SONOS is a ROON endpoint. You just have to configure your AV unit with the correct inputs to handle it all. Nice to have a DAC that has various digital ins. AV config is a PIA. One thing I have noticed is when the TV is going through the DAC is I have to turn up the volume more on the AV unit but once I do that is sounds much better.
Edit: My AV set up is simple 3.1. I dont use any of the new fancy formats. |
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