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Gear / Technical Help => Playback Forum => Topic started by: ducati on March 04, 2005, 01:15:26 PM
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I am considering the purchase of a Mac Mini to replace my DVD-P in my home theatre, use for ripping/storing movies, and use for playing back 24-bit shows (using my Simaudio Moon Eclipse LE as a DAC), and I'm wondering if the UA-5 will pass a DD/DTS stream via it's digital outputs? I'd prefer to use optical, as I only have one SPDIF input on my HT Receiver (an older Denon) and I use SPDIF for HDTV...
Has anyone tried this? I would use iDVD to play back the movie, most likely.
I thought about putting this in Computer Recording Help, but it's not really recording... Also in Mic Pre section, but it's a little OT there, too. Hope this is the right spot :)
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ua5 resamples through the digital out. My understanding is that this resampling will destroy the dts/dolby digital info encoded into the bitstream.
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I would suggest something like a m-audio audiofile fireware unit. can be had for less than 200
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/FirewireAudiophile-main.html
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Ah, I do believe resampling would destroy that encoding, and in fact, I bet it won't pass anything (as the UA-5 would have to have DD/DTS Decoders in place to resample). Drat.
The reason I asked is, of course, I already own a UA-5. More cost-effective than buying another box :)
I did find a emi 2|6 for $99 a few weeks ago (Sam Ash is clearancing their stock), I am pretty sure that one would work, *if* I can use it as a soundcard in iDVD. I dunno, I haven't had an emi 2|6 in house for a few years, and all I used it for was a wintel box.