aubuti;636532 Wrote: > I'm neither an audiophile nor an Apple-hater, but AppleTV is completely > useless to me simply because it doesn't have analog audio outputs. Yes, > it streams audio, but does everyone have amps with digital inputs these > days?
Yes ! All audio is digital these days an analog interface does not make sense between 2 digital boxes, assuming a HT reciever or processor or HTIB , the archaic use of an old fashioned analog 2ch amp is not very common these days :) HDMI is what everything uses these days. 10 years ago it was sdif or TOS when dvd came, so old TV-boxes and sat boxes have toslink . The audiophiles will use an USB-dac or other high end solutions with spdiff or maybe hdmi. A future Touch2 should have spdiff toslink 2*USB and hdmi . For multiroom use the current Touch with analog RCA and spdiff + toslink . Or a new box with similar spec but cheaper hardware due to moores law, simply reinvent Touch sans TinySC with to get a lower price. -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD & SqueezePad ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88170 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
