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Thanks Kamakazi - will do - will post back should i notice any difference

I have a situation where I can either have a long (approx 6m) optical cable or a long HDMI cable. My WDTV Media player connects via SPDIF to my sound system and by HDMI to the TV. Because of the location of the sound system control box (Logitech z5500) in relation to to the media player and TV...

Thanks for the recommendations - would it be advisable to leave a receiver of that type permanently on? Space is an issue so keen to tuck it away somewhere....

Hi, I am looking for a minimal AV receiver for my lounge setup. By minimal I mean something that has 2 or 3 inputs (preferably one HDMI or Optical) and decodes DTS/Dolby. Nothing fancy, ideally small and I can leave on permanently hidden in the corner. Any suggestions where to look in the Cape...

Hi guys, I'd love some advice or suggestions on how best to achieve a simple, good speaker setup for the following: Current usage is - about 70% listening to music (streaming from spotify on a raspberry pi with a nice 2 channel DAC) - about 25% watching movies/series from a media player (optical...

Hi, I am using a raspberry pi with a HifiBerry DAC connected via i2s and it works brilliantly, headlessly streaming Spotify and local files. I want to connect it to a set of outdoor speakers on my deck so am looking at a little amplifier board (hopefully to fit inside one of the speaker cases)...

Hi there, I am looking for a small amplifier board to connect between a raspberry pi with a DAC and a set of unpowered outdoor speakers. The raspberry pi/DAC combo are about the size of a box of cigarettes so looking for something small as well to maybe incorporate inside the speakers. I have...

Thanks, starting to get slightly lost in tech terms! I guess what I am after is: Would I likely get good sound if I setup the raspberry pi > DAC > something like Logitech 5.1 PC surround, or will i be better off just outputting to 2 speakers? I am mainly confused as to whether the quality of...

Thanks for the input - would you think the difference would be noticeable? Difficult question I know without knowing the hardware, I have no experience with "virtual surround" like you mentioned versus proper surround sound...

Hi, I am struggling to understand how and where surround sound decoding is done - this is my setup: Raspberry Pi with Hifiberry DAC (http://www.hifiberry.com/dac) streaming high quality (320kb) content from Spotify and playing local mp3 files. The DAC outputs 2 channel, so if I plug it into an...