Robin Bowes;621434 Wrote: > On 28/03/11 14:33, adamdea wrote: > > In principle it seems to me > > that a Very Clever Programmer could possibly work out a way of > tricking > > SBS into using the ability to stream different signals to 2 > different > > devices to produce a woofer and tweeter stream. Then all you would > > need for a 2 way speaker would be 2 squeezeboxes and 2 amps. > > Would any VCPs care to comment? > > The problem you have with that idea is that each stream would have to > be > synchronised, ie. played back at exactly the same time. I may be > wrong, > but I don't think that would be possible. > > That is an interesting idea for a niche SB product though - a SB with > 2 > or more DACs. Maybe modular, with the firmware that does the filtering > in the digital domain. > > Interesting... > > Probably best with a separate digital x-over though, fed from a SB > SPDIF > output. > I got onto this train of thought because I was messing around with Inguz. It occurred to me that once you have a computer running SBS you have a fantastic amount of processing power available without having to buy separate products or have additional potentially degrading connections. Since I use 2 stereo amps bridged to mono, I wouldn't have to get an additional amp to work it.
Incidentally I saw your posting some time ago to the effect that using a Behringer was more time --cost-effective than Inguz which you were undoubtedly right about (as far as it does the same thing). However it struck me that once one is doing the DRC measurements, there would be no additional hassle if an SBS plug-in were to do the cross-over correction at the same time. As a matter of interest why can't the two streams be simultaneous- as I understand it 2 devices can be synched- or is the problem that the ethernet steams to the two players will "flow" at different rates? It may be that the Behringer DCX 2496 would do the trick as X-over and DAC, but it involves an extra box doing the processing . Much though i would love it I can't see the double squeezebox coming off. But in principle perhaps a similar result could be obtained with a computer using 2 usb outputs- subject to the synchronisation problem. -- adamdea ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamdea's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37603 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86483 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
