I've learnt that #TOSLINK and S/PDIF while #digital don't provide the same bandwidth for #audio than #HDMI 1.0. It feels weird though to connect any non-video media player to my #amp through... HDMI. Is there some digital standard that basically is HDMI sans #video?
This would be especially useful since while my amp does have HDMI input it is a bit... picky and despite pass-through enabled it reduces the video quality to FHD only in a setup like [source]->[amp]->[sink]. So currently I'm splitting the HDMI into video (HDMI again) and audio (TOSLINK or S/PDIF) and feed only the latter to the amp.
I acknowledge that the difference b/w S/PDIF and HDMI audio is probably not audible to me, but it annoys me in great detail nonetheless, that there seems to be no non-video connector for digital audio on par of HDMI. I wonder when we'll be connecting computer speakers to the PC via HDMI...
#toslink #digital #audio #HDMI #amp #video #digitalaudio #spdif #hifi
@max Ich habe bei #TechnologyConnections die Vermutung gehört, dass wohl mal ein Upgrade des Standards mit mehr als einer Glasfaser im #TOSLINK-Stecker (z.B. für eine bidirektionale Verbindung) angedacht war, was dann aber nie realisiert wurde. Erscheint mir soweit plausibel.
#technologyconnections #toslink
Seit wann hat googles #chromecast #audio das feature "full dynamic range"? Komplett übersehen. Seit 2016 😂 Das kleine Gerät ist seit 2019 offiziell nicht mehr auf dem Markt. Schade, weil es zuverlässig funktioniert, passabel klingt und einen #toslink Ausgang hat. #googlehome #hifi #stereo #streaming
#chromecast #audio #toslink #googlehome #hifi #stereo #streaming
@Archie8 Apart from this secret YouTuber. (-:
#technologyconnections #toslink
@Archie8 To be honest, I very much doubt it.
The RCA and #SCART connections themselves I expect will have identical results to the naked ear. And the difference in DAC quality I expect will vary more by manufacturer/model than by generalities such as "old CD player" versus "modern DVD player".
If this were analogue versus optical #TOSLINK, that would be a different kettle of fish.
Anybody got a Toslink DAC to RCA with Bluetooth they’d recommend? #dca #toslink #bluetooth #budgetaudio
#dca #toslink #bluetooth #budgetaudio
Spent the entire day yesterday trying to find a 3m long TOSLKINK cable to hook up my #MiniDisc deck to my PC. No store had it in stock, all they had was 1.5m or 1m and that just wasn't going to cut it.
Against all odds I found the only one left in a small store in my area, 10 minutes before closing time.
TOSLINK is supposed to work reliably up to 5-6m, so I see no issue with this cable being "too long" so there has to be another reason why shorter cables are more common...
was reminded of someone using the built-in LED on the #RaspberryPiPico to play music (using
#TOSLINK) https://twitter.com/pd780c/status/1359043589456621569