Discussion
I don't use my home cinema rig (Sony DAV-S 880)at present due to faff, and am thinking of ripping it out and replacing it. I'd also like to listen to music in the living room.
I have a pretty much unused Arcam Diva rig upstairs (A85 amp/P90 power amp/CD73T CD/Monitor Audio RS6 floorstanders) and was thinking of bringing this down just using that instead.
I don't think the Sony sounds that great, so usually just leave the sound on the telly.
Is there a decent but low cost (~£200) DAC which will accept optical inputs from my TV boxes? SKY HD, X360, PS3, thinking of adding a Squeezebox. I wondered about the Cambridge Audio DAC but that only has one optical input.
I have an optical input selector on the current Home Cinema rig, but this is part of the faff i'd like to do without.
I guess the alternative is stick in an auto switching home cinema amp with HDMI inputs, Onkyo and Sony seem to do some nice ones, but I suspect this would be crap for music.
I really don't want to have to use different remotes to adjust the volumes. This would fail the wife/kid test.
Space is at a premium so I can't have the Arcam in the same room as a home cinema setup. Unless the H/C has really small shelf mount speakers, especially the Sub.
So, er, any good recommendation of multi-input DACS or autoswitching HDMI A/V Amps where I can control the volume from a SKY remote? Budget £200 tops for the DAC or maybe a bit more for the amp. Definitely no more than £400 for amp.
I have a pretty much unused Arcam Diva rig upstairs (A85 amp/P90 power amp/CD73T CD/Monitor Audio RS6 floorstanders) and was thinking of bringing this down just using that instead.
I don't think the Sony sounds that great, so usually just leave the sound on the telly.
Is there a decent but low cost (~£200) DAC which will accept optical inputs from my TV boxes? SKY HD, X360, PS3, thinking of adding a Squeezebox. I wondered about the Cambridge Audio DAC but that only has one optical input.
I have an optical input selector on the current Home Cinema rig, but this is part of the faff i'd like to do without.
I guess the alternative is stick in an auto switching home cinema amp with HDMI inputs, Onkyo and Sony seem to do some nice ones, but I suspect this would be crap for music.
I really don't want to have to use different remotes to adjust the volumes. This would fail the wife/kid test.
Space is at a premium so I can't have the Arcam in the same room as a home cinema setup. Unless the H/C has really small shelf mount speakers, especially the Sub.
So, er, any good recommendation of multi-input DACS or autoswitching HDMI A/V Amps where I can control the volume from a SKY remote? Budget £200 tops for the DAC or maybe a bit more for the amp. Definitely no more than £400 for amp.
If you want multiple optical inputs, home cinema stuff tends to be where you need to look.
My Musical Fidelity X-DAC V8 has three coaxial inputs and one USB, but no optical; I still have my Sony QS Minidisc deck connected which has two optical inputs, outputting coaxially into the DAC. Doesn't seem to harm the quality.
For £200, the DACs to look at are the MF V-DAC, Beresford or Cambridge Audio ones, but none will have enough optical inputs. How about the Yulong DAH-1 which you can find on eBay? Willing to take a punt?
ETA: the Cambridge DACMagic has two optical and two coaxial inputs, BUT you can only use any two at a time.
My Musical Fidelity X-DAC V8 has three coaxial inputs and one USB, but no optical; I still have my Sony QS Minidisc deck connected which has two optical inputs, outputting coaxially into the DAC. Doesn't seem to harm the quality.
For £200, the DACs to look at are the MF V-DAC, Beresford or Cambridge Audio ones, but none will have enough optical inputs. How about the Yulong DAH-1 which you can find on eBay? Willing to take a punt?
ETA: the Cambridge DACMagic has two optical and two coaxial inputs, BUT you can only use any two at a time.
Edited by SJobson on Thursday 3rd December 19:52
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