I have 3 video sources feeding to my main audio system, the cable box, Blu Ray play and a 4K firestick. The TV is a cheapie Spectre 40" with no digital sound output. I want to feed the video sourced audio to my analogue sound system, stereo only. Anyone have information on the quality of the DAC in this decoder?
4K HDMI 5.1 Audio Decoder Bluetooth 5.0 Lossless Player USB Sound Card Version | eBay
I do not need a home theater 5.1 channel decoder. I want the HDMI switching and DAC. Currently, I have to use 3 pieces for that function.
1. A HDMI 3-in/1-out switch.
2. A HDMI input to I2S output converter
3. A ES9038Q2M DAC
It works ok, but looks messy.
4K HDMI 5.1 Audio Decoder Bluetooth 5.0 Lossless Player USB Sound Card Version | eBay
I do not need a home theater 5.1 channel decoder. I want the HDMI switching and DAC. Currently, I have to use 3 pieces for that function.
1. A HDMI 3-in/1-out switch.
2. A HDMI input to I2S output converter
3. A ES9038Q2M DAC
It works ok, but looks messy.
You can find some internal pics here : ???DTS??5.1????ARC ??U??????? ??????-???
I wasn't able to identify the DAC chip from the pics but most likely it'll be a Crystal Semi (Cirrus Logic) 6 channel device. Note its going out via some 4558 opamps - which look to be socketed.
I wasn't able to identify the DAC chip from the pics but most likely it'll be a Crystal Semi (Cirrus Logic) 6 channel device. Note its going out via some 4558 opamps - which look to be socketed.
Thank you for the link which provides interesting and relevant information for me. It is likely that it uses one of the old time Cirrus Login/Crystal 6 channel DAC-decoder chip. The use of RC4558 opamp is a surprise because it is much lower performance, but not much cheaper than the 5532 opamp.
It may be a good home theater decoder after replacing the 4558's, but the DAC may not be up to today's standard.