I was using the Optical out from my LD OLED to a Wimm Pro streamer...sounded ok. Upgraded to the Eversolo A8 with the EARC input from the tv EARC out. Youtube and TV now sound much better. In my case, EARC is much superior to the optical
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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@1happyman I actually have an LD OLEED also. Are you using the DAC in the A8 or do you have an external DAC? |
I'm using the DAC within the Eversolo. I think it's very well integrated with the preamp. I love AKM dacs. Had the e90 prior.
Tried a Gustard 26 R2R through the I2S and it didn't wow me. I didn't like controlling the volume with the dac. Sold the Gustard.
Get great sound via youtube via earc too. Love the A8! |
Use HDMI, so much better, also easier to setup. HDMI has full bandwidth, toslink does not. In my HT setup, my TV is the hub, everything plugs into it, using eArc from the TV to the receiver. TV is set for passthrough for sources and PCM for the TV. Using BlueJeans HDMI 2.1 cables, receiver is plugged directly into my WiFi router, as is the TV. Movies sounds wonderful, get my full surround sound. I can stream directly to my receiver using Tidal Connect, it displays song with artwork on the TV. Can also Airplay to the tv, but not as good as direct. With eArc, my receiver will automatically turn on/off change sources, keeps the settings for each source. |
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