Goldenerriecher

Hi Audiozorro With some delay, I wanted to let you know that I took up your suggestion to buy an Oppo player. Unfortunately the BDP-83 is not available in Europ, so I have opted for an DV 981-HDI. And I must say:I am quite impressed! So thank you for coming up with the suggestion!

I use Audiomulch (audiomulch.com) to do some digital signal processing that is not built into ordinary surround processors. This works great as long as I listen to music from "within" my laptop (from harddisk or internal CD drive). However, I would like to do the same processing with the sound signal from my TV set (and possibly from external CD or DVD players). My soundcard (Terratec DMX 6 Fire USB) has both a digital input and two analog line inputs. It is connected to my laptop via USB 2.0, so bandwidth should not really be a problem. However, when I put sound into my soundcard, it is as if the soundcard can no longer handle the data - even without DSP. The result is sound with frequent interruptions, similar to a record with lots of scratches. This happens both with digital in and analog line in, and it happens with two different laptops. Is this a known issue that can likely be solved by using a different soundcard? I am grateful for any hints! Regards, Holger

I must admit that I have not yet checked all existing High-resolution download sites. However, those that I have looked at appear to provide only stereo content. Can anybody recommend a site where I can download multichannel recordings? I don't want to have to buy SACDs (plus an SACD player)... Thanks for any suggestions!

I like to process sound files on my PC using the AudioMulch software. I would like to have at least 4 channels of output. For stereo, I have been using a "HagUSB" (see hagtech.com) to link my laptop via spdif to my DAC. I love the sound, and this is quite a cheap solution. I would like to use a similar solution for multichannel output. In my view, it would be ideal to get something like a DTS signal so that I can use my Meridian processor as a lovely 4-channel DAC. Unfortunately I am not aware of any DTS encoder that I can use with AudioMulch for "live" encoding (I have only seen encoders that can be used for converting files). If anyone has an idea, I would be greatful! Another approach that I would like: to use two HagUSB converters, one for each pair of channels. Each could be connected to a DAC. In AudioMulch, I can adress different output devices individually, but I don't know what will happen if I attach two identical converters. Will they get the same name or "USB1" and "USB2"? Any experiences with this rather unusual setup? I imagine there might be limitations due to the nature of USB... Of course I could get a multichannel soundcard. Actually I already have one (Terratec DMX 6 Fire USB). BUT it has 6 analog outputs - and I do not like the sound quality at all. So I would prefer a soundcard with more than one coaxial digital output, and preferably no analog inputs and outputs (to keep things simple). Any suggestions? Thanks a lot for any inputs!