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Wow, probably the longest post I've ever seen on HF . I did not read myself but am sure some with connectivity issues will much appreciate your efforts!
Wow, probably the longest post I've ever seen on HF. I did not read myself but am sure some with connectivity issues will much appreciate your efforts!
If you're using an AVR to feed HDMI to the Realiser, what brand/model are you using, and does it have one or two HDMI outputs? How do you have "HDMI pass-through" set on the one or two HDMI outputs of the AVR?
If you are using an "HDMI port multiplier" (e.g. that Monoprice 4x2 Matrix Switch) to multiply a single HDMI output from an AVR to two simultaneous/parallel HDMI outputs (one going to your HDTV and the other going to the Realiser), how have you solved the 2-channel stereo problem (where the HDMI-visible HDTV tells the BluRay player source device it can only accept 2-channel stereo)? Do you have a Rube Goldberg way of ensuring multi-channel output from the BluRay player, even with the HDTV connected to the HDMI network?
Again... there absolutely MUST be people successfully using an HDMI Realiser, fed via HDMI. Surely that's true. Please divulge your setup details, in detail please.
Thanks.
Here's the two different ways I have my Realiser working with HDMI input:
- Samsung BD-E6500 Blu-Ray player (only 1 HDMI output) --> Realiser HDMI input --> Realiser HDMI output/pass through --> Coby HDTV HDMI input
With this setup, I always get multi-channel PCM audio to the Realiser via its HDMI input. AFAIK the Coby only accepts 2 channel audio, but I really have no idea what it accepts. It was a free give away when I bought my main 60" Sharp LCD TV.
- Samsung BD-E6500 Blu-Ray player (only 1 HDMI output) --> Monoprice 4x2 HDMI switch --> Reasliser HDMI input
--> Sharp 60" LCD TV
With this setup, I always get multi-channel PCM audio to the Realiser via its HDMI input.
So far I have not had to try to "reset" my Realiser from asking for 2 channel back to asking for multi-channel PCM. (Other than the time I was at a different location doing a PRIR. (knock on wood)
Would need to look a bit earlier in this thread, but I recall the processing is done at 48kHz/24 bits (every input gets resampled / decimated). Probably one reason is that original intended use was movie soundtrack editing. Also, the PRIRs and other HPEQ do not likely need any more than 12 bits and 20kHz bandwidth to get resolved so it becomes a moot point (and a headache in terms of DSP processing power needs actually) to perform the filtering at any higher rate.
So, any difference you notice might be due to the better source material (a good high res mix typically also sounds wonderful when decimated to redbook format) or that decimated from 96 to 48kHz sounds cleaner than resampling from 44.1 to 48kHz...
I put the blame on Oppo. I have the BDP-83SE and have had a lot of problems with 7.1 DTS HDMA causing clipping problems. Oppo never fixed the problem,and their "solution" was the BDP-95. So needless to say I'm not going to consider any Oppo products in the future.
-Ed
imo there is no getting around the fact that using the XLR outputs for 2ch stereo with HQ Flac or comparable, direct from the XLR outputs of the BDP-95 to a balanced Stax amp or other HQ amp for the SR-009 stax headphones. imo this is the best way to go.
I am thinking about getting a Panasonic Blu Ray player with dual HDMI ports for most of my use with the Realiser (movies or MC audio) and keep the BDP-95 for the above use. I use the video only HDMI port 1 of the BDP-95 run directly to my 65VT50 and the secondary HDMI port 2 run directly to my Realiser. By doing it this way I have no HDMI issues and am not bypassing anything.
I am not saying that the Realiser does a bad job with 2ch stereo, it imo does a very nice job. All I am saying is if you want the best of the best using high end headphones, amp and source, then the above is the way to go.
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