I was thinking about my dream setup just days after making an upgrade, as we often do here, and I ran realized something I’d never thought of.
A setup that I’ve dreamt up would have 5-7 custom two-way speakers with a two channel amp and DSP built into the speaker for crossovers. This much so far is all straightforward to me. What I don’t understand is what one would put between those speakers and the source, let’s say a computer. Lets also say this setup is a 7.1 surround sound system with four subwoofers, each of which is fed the same mono signal.
Put another way, what device would allow you to carry up to eight digital signals into 11 (7+4) enclosures from a computer or other device feeding it digital audio?
This may ultimately be an incredibly simple question, but I don’t exactly know what to call the device I’m looking for, making it difficult to find. The device should not have to have any DACs in it at all, as that conversion happens after DSP crossover that is integrated with each speaker.
A setup that I’ve dreamt up would have 5-7 custom two-way speakers with a two channel amp and DSP built into the speaker for crossovers. This much so far is all straightforward to me. What I don’t understand is what one would put between those speakers and the source, let’s say a computer. Lets also say this setup is a 7.1 surround sound system with four subwoofers, each of which is fed the same mono signal.
Put another way, what device would allow you to carry up to eight digital signals into 11 (7+4) enclosures from a computer or other device feeding it digital audio?
This may ultimately be an incredibly simple question, but I don’t exactly know what to call the device I’m looking for, making it difficult to find. The device should not have to have any DACs in it at all, as that conversion happens after DSP crossover that is integrated with each speaker.