[Surround & digital audio] >>> Beolab 5

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Munin (archived)
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Posted December 12, 2009 at 11:30 GMT
#1894825

😮I know this has been discussed several times, but things change and I would be very happy for some up-to-date info.

 

My current setup:

iMac (ctrl by iPhone) > Airport Exp. (analog out) > BS9000 (M-link) > BV 7-40 MkIII > (P-link) BL7-4+2BL5+2BL3

also (for viewing pictures, youtube, short films ...) Apple TV (HDMI) > BV 7-40 MkIII

 

This setup is all-analog but I'd like to have digital audio from BS9000 as well as from my Airport Express (AE).

How should I connect the BL5:s? Can both BS9000 and AE be connected simultaneously?

Will it be possible to control sound volume of the AE-signal?  Shall Powerlink connections be used as well? Will there be conflicts between the digital and the analog signals to the BL5:s? Does one signal have priority over the other? 

 

Would it be better to replace BS9000 with a BS5/BM5? There is some new audioproduct coming up - will that change anything? I've heard that the Master Link system will be replaced? With what? Will that improve any of this?

Why isn't there a digital audio output from the Beovision 7? I don't think even on the BV 7-55? Hope I'm wrong?

Or does "DTS Digital Surround" mean digital audio output??

 

I would very, very much appreciate a detailed discussion on this. 😁 All comments on sound quality are of course also welcome.

/Munin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Razlaw
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Posted December 12, 2009 at 12:46 GMT
#1894826

I can answer only one of your questions. DTS Digital Surround does not mean digital audio output. DTS is a form of processing, just like Dolby. DVDs and BluRays will typically have the sound formatted in either Dolby or DTS or the high definition versions of Dolby or DTS. (BluRays also may have uncompressed PCM).

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Munin (archived)
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Posted December 14, 2009 at 05:03 GMT
#1894827

Thanx Razlaw - this means that not even B&Os top of the line TV has digital audio output 🙁

 

Still I'd like to have digital audio from my audio sources. Hope anyone out there can share

some knowhow on this.

/Munin

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Beoaus
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Posted December 14, 2009 at 18:19 GMT
#1894828

You can get a digital auto switcher like this one

Location: Australia

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