PB21
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Hi. I don't know if it is the right section, I hope yes (it's my first post here).
Sorry to bother but I kindly wanted to ask you for some opinions/advice.
As I would like to deploy a fairly high-end mini PC with Ryzen 9/intel i9 (as a replacement for an android TV box, I have already considered the Nvidia Shield pro as well, but it has a few too many bugs and especially via browser it is not very usable being Android TV...), connecting it to the Yamaha 5.1 home theater alongside the device I use only for flac music and movies (which is connected via classic coaxial), as well as as a backup let's say, since my laptop feels the years.
I would like to use the Mini for occasional streaming, but surely though, I will experiment with software such as Jriver (which I already have on the laptop, which is not used connected to the HT, just in case), or even Audirvana, Daphile or the like, with the Flac library
I would like to connect the mini PC via digital Toslink to the HT (I got the cable for the TV box, and I don't feel like throwing it away) , but since no mini pc has toslink output (not even the Intel NUCs which have 7.1 audio, but only via hdmi), I would like to use a converter or external sound card via USB with Toslink output.
I don't want to splurge on high-cost devices, so I have narrowed down to converter DAC devices such as the Douk Audio U2 Pro, the S.M.S.L. PO100AK (which also supports DSD and MQA, that it's a plus...), and the "probably more suitable for headphones but maybe not only" Topping D10S (but I read here some issues with this) , and I have also peeked at a external sound card like the Creative Sound blaster X4, while the Ifi Zen has Toslink In and not Out, the FiiO K3 it's another option, like the M-Audio Super DAC, and I don't know if there are any other suitable external sound cards with Toslink output and USB input (not under some price point).
Incidentally, I don't think any of these support 5.1 or higher, apart from Creative (but I think that via Toslink it only goes in stereo and not multichannel, but maybe I'm wrong).
For precision, I would like to do PC - USB device with Toslink out - to Home Theater Toslink In.
I am asking someone who perhaps has experimented with this or can give me some advice, or who has already used the above devices, or has set up some Htpc with various connections, or otherwise knows more about it than I do.
Thanks in advance, and sorry if I probably wrote some crap
Sorry to bother but I kindly wanted to ask you for some opinions/advice.
As I would like to deploy a fairly high-end mini PC with Ryzen 9/intel i9 (as a replacement for an android TV box, I have already considered the Nvidia Shield pro as well, but it has a few too many bugs and especially via browser it is not very usable being Android TV...), connecting it to the Yamaha 5.1 home theater alongside the device I use only for flac music and movies (which is connected via classic coaxial), as well as as a backup let's say, since my laptop feels the years.
I would like to use the Mini for occasional streaming, but surely though, I will experiment with software such as Jriver (which I already have on the laptop, which is not used connected to the HT, just in case), or even Audirvana, Daphile or the like, with the Flac library
I would like to connect the mini PC via digital Toslink to the HT (I got the cable for the TV box, and I don't feel like throwing it away) , but since no mini pc has toslink output (not even the Intel NUCs which have 7.1 audio, but only via hdmi), I would like to use a converter or external sound card via USB with Toslink output.
I don't want to splurge on high-cost devices, so I have narrowed down to converter DAC devices such as the Douk Audio U2 Pro, the S.M.S.L. PO100AK (which also supports DSD and MQA, that it's a plus...), and the "probably more suitable for headphones but maybe not only" Topping D10S (but I read here some issues with this) , and I have also peeked at a external sound card like the Creative Sound blaster X4, while the Ifi Zen has Toslink In and not Out, the FiiO K3 it's another option, like the M-Audio Super DAC, and I don't know if there are any other suitable external sound cards with Toslink output and USB input (not under some price point).
Incidentally, I don't think any of these support 5.1 or higher, apart from Creative (but I think that via Toslink it only goes in stereo and not multichannel, but maybe I'm wrong).
For precision, I would like to do PC - USB device with Toslink out - to Home Theater Toslink In.
I am asking someone who perhaps has experimented with this or can give me some advice, or who has already used the above devices, or has set up some Htpc with various connections, or otherwise knows more about it than I do.
Thanks in advance, and sorry if I probably wrote some crap
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