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In Reply to: DirecTV satellite box with digital output posted by Atexanathome on December 17, 2006 at 16:54:39:
Digital output for stereo? I assume you have LR RCA jacks plus optical digital. What's the problem? My unit is HDTV/TiVo. The analog LR goes to my Sony 36 XBR; the digital goes to my pre/pro for stereo or 5.1 as provided by the program. Surely you don't imagine you need an external DAC for TV stereo.
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I have had two DirectTV boxes, both had DVR/Tivo, and the current one is HD. In both cases, the box had an optical digital out. The old box would only output PCM, the new can do PCM or Dolby 5.1. Check to see if there's an optical out and then refer to your manual for how to set it to PCM. And running the signal to a quality outboard DAC really does make for an worthwhile improvement.
If you're using the digital output from anything an external DAC is implied, isn't it? In my case it's a Proceed PDSD (digital processor). I suspect the DAC in the HR 10-250 is low-end, because most customers take the analog output to their TVs, and take the digital to their pre-pro or receiver if they have such. Are you using DirectTV as a source for music?
All the other DTV boxes (mainly RCA) I've seen had one, so I was a little shocked.I'd like to try an external DAC for the music channels. I'm not currently using an FM tuner.
Mine does.As for using the XM music channels, don't for a minute think that the external DAC will make a difference. They are low-res and sound horrible. I switched back to FM when DTV switched to XM last year. I always liked the MusicChoice channels but I seem to be in the minority about that.
Why did yhey switch to XM? I don't have a lot of choice in FM channels;variety is limited and reception is spotty without a huge antenna.The DTV box needs to go, no matter what. There's a scratchy distortion in the left channel that's driving me crazy.
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