I have a 2.0 powered shelf speakers (Microlab Solo 7c) that where previously connected to a non-smart-tv audio output and to a pc in its 3.5mm audio output. At that time the sound was really great and when we watched Netflix and movies from the pc we really enjoyed the sound quality, it was loud, rich and detailed.
The old tv and pc had died following an electrical surge we had in our house, and now we purchased a new Samsung Q80T smart TV, which doesn't have an audio out but an optical one. So I bought a simple Digital to Analog converter and connected it to the tv optical out and to the speakers with rca cable. Also I set the TV audio to PCM setting. Well, the sound isn't close to what we had before when the speakers were connected to the pc. Now it sounds really "flat" and has a lack of bass, detail and loudness when watching movies, and also when playing music in Spotify etc. the sound even gets distorted at high volume.
So I thought maybe I should buy a decent DAC and that would do the work. However I've seen posts of people who say that the optical outputs of the new Samsung TVs are kind of limited and can't deliver high quality sound, and for example it won't output digital data at higher than 48 kHz or 16bit. And the only way to get the full sound potential is from the ARC HDMI output by connecting it to an ARC compatible device.
So now I doubt that changing the DAC would actually help to improve the sound quality. What do you think about it?
Also, I saw on AliExpress some devices called "ARC audio extractors" which I can connect to the TV's HDMI ARC out (although my TV has eARC out, but it should still work doesn't it?), and connect the speakers to the RCA out in that converter. In the product details it says that the rca out only compatible with stereo mode and it would work with PCM settings only, so I'm not sure if I'll get better sound quality.
What do you think? I'm really frustrated and regret I bought this TV. I have been searching the net for solutions for a whole week but to no avail.
I wish someone could help.
Best wishes.
The old tv and pc had died following an electrical surge we had in our house, and now we purchased a new Samsung Q80T smart TV, which doesn't have an audio out but an optical one. So I bought a simple Digital to Analog converter and connected it to the tv optical out and to the speakers with rca cable. Also I set the TV audio to PCM setting. Well, the sound isn't close to what we had before when the speakers were connected to the pc. Now it sounds really "flat" and has a lack of bass, detail and loudness when watching movies, and also when playing music in Spotify etc. the sound even gets distorted at high volume.
So I thought maybe I should buy a decent DAC and that would do the work. However I've seen posts of people who say that the optical outputs of the new Samsung TVs are kind of limited and can't deliver high quality sound, and for example it won't output digital data at higher than 48 kHz or 16bit. And the only way to get the full sound potential is from the ARC HDMI output by connecting it to an ARC compatible device.
So now I doubt that changing the DAC would actually help to improve the sound quality. What do you think about it?
Also, I saw on AliExpress some devices called "ARC audio extractors" which I can connect to the TV's HDMI ARC out (although my TV has eARC out, but it should still work doesn't it?), and connect the speakers to the RCA out in that converter. In the product details it says that the rca out only compatible with stereo mode and it would work with PCM settings only, so I'm not sure if I'll get better sound quality.
What do you think? I'm really frustrated and regret I bought this TV. I have been searching the net for solutions for a whole week but to no avail.
I wish someone could help.
Best wishes.