One thing I need to mention again though is the transfer job you have (ie. ripping that disc) is not call to purchase such a thing. You'd be spending time and money to do it wrong and have loss at the end of the day. DVD Audio Extractor will get you a perfect copy of a DVDA disc and it's only $45 I think. If it's DTS 24/96, that's a little more work for a proper decode, but you still want to avoid an analog generation loss. Reordering the channels is easy peasy.
Perhaps you have other plans for this unit though like analog transfers.
Yes! That's exactly what its for :upthumb
(Analogue transfers of Surround Master decoded SQ vinyl..
there's a possibility I may possess the only absolutely mint copies bought new and sealed and transferred just once of things like Isley Brothers/Go For Your Guns, Wild Cherry/Electrified Funk, Redbone/Beaded Dreams Through Turquoise Eyes, etc..
there were more I forget now )
Oh I can just about do all the DVD-Audio Extractor stuff, etc.. though one or two hundred SACDs may get put thru that interface over the passage of tiiiime..
jimfisheye said:Do you have a surround receiver right now? And you connect a thunderbolt to HDMI cable to it to listen to music from the computer? If the receiver also has analog inputs you could compare the DACs in the MOTU to your receiver. Go with what sounds better. If you have some $1200 or more surround receiver it just might give the MOTU converters a challenge. If it's a more budget unit, the MOTU might be an upgrade for playback too.
Well I connect both the MacMini in the living area (to a Yamaha RXV 2067 - was approx $1500 when I got it) via HDMI and the Mac Mini in the bed area to a Denon AVR via HDMI (not sure how much the Denon AVR-2310 was, steelydave would know he bought it new in the first place!) since both computers have HDMI out.. happy to report it all works fabbo spiffo for multchannelio audio... its just other stuff I suck at doing like ftp but thats a whole other story and not for here..!!