I'm not sure this is the best forum for this question, but here goes:
For years I have fed the Toslink output of an over-the-air set top box to my Lavry DAC with beautiful results. I have recently switched to FIOS cable and the output of their Motorola box is only a Dolby Digital surround signal which my DAC cannot recognize. Apparently FIOS doctors the box so that this is the only digital output possible.
Is there a reasonably priced reasonably performing DAC that I can use to go from the Dolby Digital signal to my two channel system? Or, better still, is there a box that can accept the toslink digital surround signal and output the clean two channel PCM signal my DAC can recognize? Coming from a two channel world I'm completely at a loss.
Thanks for any suggestions.
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Topic - Need Help with 2 Channel System - but Dolby Surround Input - Mel 09:39:04 09/10/11 (25)
- model number = confidential information - Joe Murphy Jr 15:22:23 09/10/11 (3)
- RE: model number = confidential information - Mel 16:54:42 09/10/11 (2)
- that's crazy - Joe Murphy Jr 23:30:27 09/10/11 (1)
- RE: Yup! - Mel 08:00:58 09/11/11 (0)
- RE: Need Help with 2 Channel System - but Dolby Surround Input - Kal Rubinson 13:37:30 09/10/11 (20)
- RE: Need Help with 2 Channel System - but Dolby Surround Input - Mel 16:49:09 09/10/11 (19)
- RE: Need Help with 2 Channel System - but Dolby Surround Input - Kal Rubinson 07:12:00 09/11/11 (18)
- RE: Need Help with 2 Channel System - but Dolby Surround Input - Mel 08:06:00 09/11/11 (17)
- RE: Monoprice referred me to this Product that I Think Should Work - Mel 09:01:35 09/14/11 (6)
- RE: Nope, Doesn't Work! - Mel 08:41:54 09/22/11 (5)
- forgot to list the model number - Joe Murphy Jr 23:56:11 09/24/11 (0)
- RE: Gefen GTV-DD-2-AA? - Mel 14:49:32 09/22/11 (3)
- it's $86 overpriced - Joe Murphy Jr 00:19:39 09/25/11 (2)
- RE: it's $86 overpriced, . . . Mabey - Mel 08:07:11 09/25/11 (1)
- here's what really sucks - Joe Murphy Jr 09:21:13 09/25/11 (0)
- check before you buy - Joe Murphy Jr 19:42:18 09/11/11 (0)
- If your TV accepts HDMI… - David Aiken 13:20:41 09/11/11 (8)
- Is that right, Kal? - The Duke 09:43:38 09/12/11 (3)
- RE: Is that right, Kal? - David Aiken 13:38:19 09/14/11 (1)
- it's impossible - Joe Murphy Jr 14:42:56 09/14/11 (0)
- Dunno. - Kal Rubinson 15:07:11 09/12/11 (0)
- only if it's acceptable to leave the display on [nt] - Joe Murphy Jr 14:03:33 09/11/11 (3)
- Surely… - David Aiken 13:42:01 09/14/11 (2)
- mine provide better options - Joe Murphy Jr 14:27:06 09/14/11 (1)
- RE: mine provide better options - David Aiken 00:08:19 09/15/11 (0)