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Title: squeezebox 5.1 dts?
Post by: Gordon on January 30, 2010, 01:19:28 PM

if I'm reading this correctly the squeezebox will play 5.1 dts audio

http://www.logitechsqueezebox.com/products/squeezebox-duet.html#tab2 (http://www.logitechsqueezebox.com/products/squeezebox-duet.html#tab2)

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Uncompressed formats (AIFF, WAV, PCM)

    * Supports raw pass-through of uncompressed PCM audio formats
    * Digital passthrough to S/PDIF for DTS

so it sounds like say for a dead show in dts I decode the flacs and the wave files will play over the squeezbox in 5.1 dts.

is there something I'm missing?

Title: Re: squeezebox 5.1 dts?
Post by: Gutbucket on February 16, 2010, 10:20:17 AM

Digital passthrough means that the Squeezebox will output the DTS encoded bitstream via it's S/PDIF output.  The squeezebox will not decode the bitstream to analog itself.  You'll then need a DTS decoder downstream from the squeezebox- typically a home theater reciever to decode it to something listenable.  If the analog output is active when playing a DTS stream (not sure if it is or not) the undecoded signal sounds like high level pink noise.