cddc
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K.T., have you compared Vali against O2?
Or anyone can give some opinions regarding these two?
Or anyone can give some opinions regarding these two?
this amp should have a digital input since RCA is a thing of the past or maybe its only meant for people with high end expensive equipment which have RCA outputs
new TVs and blu ray players don't have RCA outputs
i'm still looking for a digital audio to analog converter for this amp that will work with my TV
all the schiit amps have RCA inputs only those people need to catch up with the times
this amp should have a digital input since RCA is a thing of the past or maybe its only meant for people with high end expensive equipment which have RCA outputs
new TVs and blu ray players don't have RCA outputs
i'm still looking for a digital audio to analog converter for this amp that will work with my TV
all the schiit amps have RCA inputs only those people need to catch up with the times
The cheapest schiit DAC that has optical in is the bifrost which 349.99 too expensive. The modi has USB input which is useless for me because my TV has only digital audio out
any recommendations for other DACs with digital input and RCA output that pair well with the Vali amp?
thanks
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that was already recommended to me by another member the problem with it is it doesn't support Dolby digital or DTS only PCM so it will be working half the time only when the TV is outputting PCM
I think PCM is only cable TV channels and blu ray movies are Dolby or DTS
Hi, cddc.
No, I have no experience with the O2. I hear it is a great amp, however, and can probably be considered a "reference" in the sense that it acknowledged as a good amp, is a known quantity, and thus gets compared to other amps in comparisons.
I think others can point you to comparisons of the Vali and O2.
Thanks a lot, K.T. I will wait to see if someone can come up with some comparison.
Talking about the input/output though, as discussed by ace54 and Koolpep, I see Vali uses 2 RCA cables as input, while O2 uses a single cable with 2 male 3.5mm plugs as input. Which method is better?
The cheapest schiit DAC that has optical in is the bifrost which 349.99( I wonder if its worth the money...sound improvements??) too expensive. The modi has USB input which is useless for me because my TV has only digital audio out
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Not for long...
However (BIG however)--many, many TVs and AVRs don't output PCM sound from HDMI sources, due to copy protection. Make sure yours does, before you buy any DAC.
Not for long...
this is what it says in my tvs manual about the digital audio output
""When ATSC channel is selected, the output from the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT jack will be Dolby Digital. When channel is selected,
the output will be PCM.
When playing a movie on movie maker, when sound is recorded in Dolby Digital, the output from the Digital Audio Out terminal will be Dolby Digital. When the sound is recorded in other formats, the output will be PCM."
so this means that my TV outputs both PCM and Dolby
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