Over the years of building my digital music server, I've been adding 5.1/5.0/4.0 FLAC's along the way as I rip DVD-A and SACD's (haven't done any Blu-Ray yet). They're either 24/96 or 24/88.
I looked at the directory today and see that I already have about 100 albums at this point of multichannel material.
I'm curious, is anyone doing any multichannel streaming out there? I assume the most likely way to do this currently would be a PC/Mac --> HDMI receiver. I would certainly love to be able to integrate this collection into my LMS library as a single point of access some day!
If something like the following exists, I suspect I'd be set for life :-):
- Decodes 16/24-bit, 44/48/88/96/176/192 kHz stereo
- Decodes 16/24-bit, 44/48/88/96 kHz 5.1 multichannel
- Analogue Output: RCA and balanced with quality close to the Transporter (quite hard to beat based on measurements)
- Digital inputs: gigabit Ethernet, TosLink, coaxial, HDMI, USB, WiFi 802.11ac (coming later this year I think)
- Digital outputs: TosLink & coaxial downmix, HDMI passthru for multichannel to outboard DAC
- A good screen that's dimmable / switch off - like the Touch, maybe higher res and larger, no need for touch screen function
- A few buttons would be nice like on the current Transporter (no need for the feedback wheel despite the coolness!)
- Integrates into the LMS server!
Price: ~$3000 seems fair...
I looked at the directory today and see that I already have about 100 albums at this point of multichannel material.
I'm curious, is anyone doing any multichannel streaming out there? I assume the most likely way to do this currently would be a PC/Mac --> HDMI receiver. I would certainly love to be able to integrate this collection into my LMS library as a single point of access some day!
If something like the following exists, I suspect I'd be set for life :-):
- Decodes 16/24-bit, 44/48/88/96/176/192 kHz stereo
- Decodes 16/24-bit, 44/48/88/96 kHz 5.1 multichannel
- Analogue Output: RCA and balanced with quality close to the Transporter (quite hard to beat based on measurements)
- Digital inputs: gigabit Ethernet, TosLink, coaxial, HDMI, USB, WiFi 802.11ac (coming later this year I think)
- Digital outputs: TosLink & coaxial downmix, HDMI passthru for multichannel to outboard DAC
- A good screen that's dimmable / switch off - like the Touch, maybe higher res and larger, no need for touch screen function
- A few buttons would be nice like on the current Transporter (no need for the feedback wheel despite the coolness!)
- Integrates into the LMS server!
Price: ~$3000 seems fair...
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