Use the DAC on a receiver
Use the DAC on a receiver
Posted Nov 29, 2012 23:05 UTC (Thu) by Pc5Y9sbv (guest, #41328)In reply to: The toy by corbet
Parent article: Android 4.2, tablets, and related thoughts
Now that even SOHO routers have a USB host port, you could probably just run an audio server on a $100 router with a $50 USB digital audio adapter and have as good a sound as is possible with your receiver's built-in DAC.
I've been running the same little USB to TOSlink adapter for about ten years, feeding input to various receivers I've used along the way. In my case, MythTV supports pass-through Dolby Digital and DTS surround from HDTV recordings or DVDs, which is likewise decoded by the DAC on the home theater.