Bill Ferris
Lunatic Member
Ok guys, I`m curious why when I was using my Sony 400 CD player, until it failed, S/PDIF`s coax output feeding a S/PDIF splitter so that I could feed one S/PDIF output to a DAC(used for feeding my rack`s Mac preamp for analog whole house audio distribution) and another S/PDIF output feeding a inexpensive DAC that fed a low power Ramsey FM transmitter`s audio input so my brother in law next door could enjoy my music through his garage`s receiver while working out there. The last S/PDIF splitter`s feed went to my main living room`s A/V Integra`s S/PDIF`s aux input .. All devices fed this way worked perfectly.. Now the point of this.. When I ripped my CDs @ 192 kbps WMA and bought a Peachtree X 1 USB to S/PDIF converter to use a lap-top to play through the same S/PDIF setup as before, all worked perfectly as before, except the Integra.. No sound, though it indicated that a signal was present.. I could put a 16/44.1 CD in that same music streaming lap-top`s optical drive and when played all S/PDIF fed devices worked as before the switchover to computer streaming, including the Integra.. So my bottom line point is-- if my 192 kbps ripping and playback is considered not really high fi enough, it would seem that it`s higher then the max allowable 24/96 S/PDIF`s copyright spec. limits .. I`m certain that this can be explained to me by people on this site .. I`m still new to this computer ripping/streaming situation and trying to understand as much as I can.. Thank you. Kind regards, OKB