What henry is sugesting is using AC3 aka Dolby Digital (or DTS) . In this case a single SPDIF ch can carry 5.1 or 6ch channels as a dolby or DTS bitstream .
But it is a lossy format both dolby and dts or similar to mp3 and other lossy formats in that it sacrifies some soundquality. I have no idea what the maximum bitrates are ? People usually do this to get surround sound via a squeezebox. But you are trying out an digital xover implementation ? Is it not easier to get purpose made equipment for this , I have not shopped for this kind of stuff but hobby and semi pro music equipment does not carry the silly price tags as audiophile stuff . I can imagine some utilitarian ugly boxes made in china with a lot off knobs and leds on them :) But it would sure beat lossy compression via dolby and ofcourse beat any passive xover . I think there is plenty of digital active crossovers to be had. So a trip to the music store instead of the audiophile botique ? Of course it can be combined with inguz for fine adjustment and drc . Programmable digital xovers ? that would be a better way to diy speakers, you can easily tweak the filters without expensive component swaps and labor -- 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=88011 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
