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Subject: [OM] OT - Audiophiles - do surround sound DAC's exist
From: SwissPace <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:49:48 +0200
Hi list Audiophiles

this week I purchased a cheap but supposedly good blue ray player, hifi has been boxed up and in storage for a while but now I am thinking of putting it into service again, the issue is that the outputs from the TV, BlueRay player etc.. are all optical and my old Arcam amp (AV50 which I used with an 8P biwired) is analogue only, I have read about DACs for stereo (arcam it seems actually make one of the best) but I can't find any information on how to get surround sound into my analogue amp or if it will it separate the channels from a stereo DAC. I used to run it with a toshiba SD9000 dvd player which provided all 6 the outputs.

I could of course buy a soundbar, new amp etc.. but that seems a waste and the arcam setup with the marantz CD 52 signature sounded pretty darn good and pretty OK for surround.

I know there have been discussions about cables but when I bought my setup I did so at the shop listening to various combinations and opted for decent cables for the speakers and the interconnects, I was pretty sure I heard a difference, however I don't doubt the wisdom on the list and wonder if the "standard" cables they use had maybe been abused a bit to make them sound worse rather than the other cables better.

IanW
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