Looking for a home cinema preamp with a digital output

[007cinema]

Dear community, I am looking for a home cinema preamp that outputs the channels digitally. AES/EBU would be desirable. The digital output should affect all channels, including Dolby Atmos. A simple digital output is not enough. The digital output should affect all channels, including Dolby Atmos. A simple digital output is not enough.Of course I know Trinnov, Storm Audio and Datasat. To be honest, these are too expensive for me. If there isn't something like that, and that's my feeling at the moment, then I'll look for a preamp that I can convert so that the channels can be tapped digitally. After some research, this means that the preamp must have a digital volume control and not an analogue one. If anyone here knows any advice, I would be grateful. 007cinema sends greetings from Germany

 

[AudiOhm]

An Anthem AVM 70 has Digital Out (1 optical).

Ohms

 

[muslhead]

I can wholeheartedly NOT recommend the emotiva xmc2 .... but it does have digital outputs

 

[007cinema]

Sorry, I must have expressed myself wrongly. I have specified the problem again and described it in my post. Many thanks for the help!

 

[Golfx]

Dear community, I am looking for a home cinema preamp that outputs the channels digitally. AES7EBU would be desirable. The digital output should affect all channels, including Dolby Atmos. A simple digital output is not enough. The digital output should affect all channels, including Dolby Atmos. A simple digital output is not enough.Of course I know Trinnov, Storm Audio and Datasat. To be honest, these are too expensive for me. If there isn't something like that, and that's my feeling at the moment, then I'll look for a preamp that I can convert so that the channels can be tapped digitally. After some research, this means that the preamp must have a digital volume control and not an analogue one. If anyone here knows any advice, I would be grateful. 007cinema sends greetings from Germany

You should ask your question exactly as above on this forum. They are probably the most knowledgeable https://www.avsforum.com/threads/trinnov-altitude.1516103/page-1151#post-62349562

 

[007cinema]

Oh I did not know that. I'm also new here in the forum. Thanks for the hint!!

 

[ban25]

Licensing restrictions make it extremely difficult to find a device that will decode Dolby Atmos and output lossless multi-channel PCM (i.e. The Pirate's Wet Dream). You could look into Dolby Reference Player on PC. I'm not sure it will get you full Dolby TrueHD decoding, but should still get you part of the way:

Lossless TrueHD Atmos Just Got Much Easier

Audio: Listen to this article. When I started on this immersive audio journey, it wasn't possible to decode lossless TrueHD Atmos music on a computer. A processor with HDMI was required. Then I started using the Dolby Reference Player to decode the files, but the entire process was still less tha...

audiophilestyle.com

Not sure what your use-case is, but honestly, if you can't afford a Trinnov, you should just settle for an AVR/AVP that can easily decode all of these formats without trying to build a Frankenstein's monster.

 

[sarumbear]

An Anthem AVM 70 has Digital Out (1 optical).

Ohms

OP want digital out on all channels.

 

[sarumbear]

Dear community, I am looking for a home cinema preamp that outputs the channels digitally. AES7EBU would be desirable. The digital output should affect all channels, including Dolby Atmos. A simple digital output is not enough. The digital output should affect all channels, including Dolby Atmos. A simple digital output is not enough.Of course I know Trinnov, Storm Audio and Datasat. To be honest, these are too expensive for me. If there isn't something like that, and that's my feeling at the moment, then I'll look for a preamp that I can convert so that the channels can be tapped digitally. After some research, this means that the preamp must have a digital volume control and not an analogue one. If anyone here knows any advice, I would be grateful. 007cinema sends greetings from Germany

As far as I know Dolby Reference Player running on a PC that has a Dante, MADI, AES67 card is the only option you have. However, that is only for file inputs not streaming.

 

[voodooless]

If you only need 7.1 and no Atmos, you can have a look at:

Audiopraise VanityPro Review (HDMI Audio Extractor)

This is a review and measurements of the Audiopraise VanityPro HDMI audio extractor. It was kindly sent to me by their distributor, JVB Digital and costs US $1,599. The VanityPro is a compact device, not much bigger than typical desktop audio products. Its main functionality is to extract...

www.audiosciencereview.com

You’ll need external decoding though, something like an AppleTV will do that.

Otherwise… wake me up when you find something below €$£ 2500 with Atmos and room EQ…

 

[sarumbear]

Otherwise… wake me up when you find something below €$£ 2500 with Atmos and room EQ…

Dolby player (9.1.6) £500
Desktop PC £1000
Dante card (32ch) £500
Total: £2000

 

[007cinema]

Licensing restrictions make it extremely difficult to find a device that will decode Dolby Atmos and output lossless multi-channel PCM (i.e. The Pirate's Wet Dream). You could look into Dolby Reference Player on PC. I'm not sure it will get you full Dolby TrueHD decoding, but should still get you part of the way:

Lossless TrueHD Atmos Just Got Much Easier

Audio: Listen to this article. When I started on this immersive audio journey, it wasn't possible to decode lossless TrueHD Atmos music on a computer. A processor with HDMI was required. Then I started using the Dolby Reference Player to decode the files, but the entire process was still less tha...

audiophilestyle.com

Not sure what your use-case is, but honestly, if you can't afford a Trinnov, you should just settle for an AVR/AVP that can easily decode all of these formats without trying to build a Frankenstein's monster.

Thanks for the tip. Basically, I'm in the mood for a new project and it's not because I can't afford a Trinnov.

 

[voodooless]

Dolby player (9.1.6) £500
Desktop PC £1000
Dante card (32ch) £500
Total: £2000

No streaming == no go!

 

[abdo123]

If you only need 7.1 and no Atmos, you can have a look at:

Audiopraise VanityPro Review (HDMI Audio Extractor)

This is a review and measurements of the Audiopraise VanityPro HDMI audio extractor. It was kindly sent to me by their distributor, JVB Digital and costs US $1,599. The VanityPro is a compact device, not much bigger than typical desktop audio products. Its main functionality is to extract...

www.audiosciencereview.com

You’ll need external decoding though, something like an AppleTV will do that.

Otherwise… wake me up when you find something below €$£ 2500 with Atmos and room EQ…

it's honestly ridicolous how expensive that thing is. makes me want to buy a 50$ extractor off e-bay and mod it with digital outputs just for the hell of it.

 

[voodooless]

it's honestly ridicolous how expensive that thing is. makes me want to buy a 50$ extractor off e-bay and mod it with digital outputs just for the hell of it.

Yeah, it is a lot of money for limited functionality. Looks like it pays to basically have a monopoly…

 

[abdo123]

Yeah, it is a lot of money for limited functionality. Looks like it pays to basically have a monopoly…

This box does the dishes for you for 120 euros.

https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1005004192257192.html?spm=a2g0o.store_pc_groupList.8148356.1.58732d9bBQOFYk&pdp_npi=2%40dis%21EUR%21%E2%82%AC%20137%2C21%21%E2%82%AC%20116%2C63%21%21%21%21%21%40210323f716767515757275176e720f%2112000030965236392%21sh

 

[007cinema]

No streaming == no go!

That's probably true!

 

[007cinema]

This box does the dishes for you for 120 euros.

https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1005004192257192.html?spm=a2g0o.store_pc_groupList.8148356.1.58732d9bBQOFYk&pdp_npi=2%40dis%21EUR%21%E2%82%AC%20137%2C21%21%E2%82%AC%20116%2C63%21%21%21%21%21%40210323f716767515757275176e720f%2112000030965236392%21sh

I'm looking for something with more digital channel output. Best with AES/EBU. The box can't do that.

 

[voodooless]

This box does the dishes for you for 120 euros.

https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1005004192257192.html?spm=a2g0o.store_pc_groupList.8148356.1.58732d9bBQOFYk&pdp_npi=2%40dis%21EUR%21%E2%82%AC%20137%2C21%21%E2%82%AC%20116%2C63%21%21%21%21%21%40210323f716767515757275176e720f%2112000030965236392%21sh

How is this thing different from all the other extractors? It does digital spdif/toslink, and 5.1 analog. Nothing special at all.

 

[abdo123]

How is this thing different from all the other extractors? It does digital spdif/toslink, and 5.1 analog. Nothing special at all.

multiple HDMI inputs, ARC, bluetooth, analog input, USB Input. not to mention what seems to be a full stereo SPDIF passthrough.

Beside not many extractors can do Dolby digital decoding anymore.

I'm not saying this is the solution to OP's problems but it's a little ridicolous that no one is offering something reasonably priced with half of these features.