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New to these forums, but seems a good place to start asking such questions, so hello all
So the situation is I currently have a PS4, TV and Mac set up that they combine their audio outputs into one channel so if I wanted too I could listen all sources at the same time, which is currently done via a very affordable Lepy 2024A Plus Amplifier. This mostly works but not ideally as the audio from the PS4 is run through the TV via HDMI and then the audio from the TV is output via the stereo socket on the side (or possibly phono) to the phono sockets of the amplifier. For some reason this amplifier doesn't separate it's stereo and phono inputs so results in a combined output.
Now I am wanting to upgrade the way I do this and have been searching various forums looking at things like DACs, mixers and digital amplifiers that can accept more than one input and output them as one, but I am confused on the best way to do this, if it is even possible. Ideally I would like to use the optical outs from the TV and PS4 into some sort of amplifier, but also include the stereo out from the Mac. However if that is not possible then use a DAC to convert the optical out either from the TV and/or the PS4 to a stereo amplifier, but then there is still the issue of being able to listen to sound from the Mac and TV/PS4 at the same time.
The only solution I can think of at the moment is to use a DAC from the TV/PS4 into a mixer along with the stereo connection from the Mac, then run this into an amplifier. However I am hoping there is a simpler more elegant solution to this. Any suggestions from more experienced people will be quite welcome.
Thank you.
So the situation is I currently have a PS4, TV and Mac set up that they combine their audio outputs into one channel so if I wanted too I could listen all sources at the same time, which is currently done via a very affordable Lepy 2024A Plus Amplifier. This mostly works but not ideally as the audio from the PS4 is run through the TV via HDMI and then the audio from the TV is output via the stereo socket on the side (or possibly phono) to the phono sockets of the amplifier. For some reason this amplifier doesn't separate it's stereo and phono inputs so results in a combined output.
Now I am wanting to upgrade the way I do this and have been searching various forums looking at things like DACs, mixers and digital amplifiers that can accept more than one input and output them as one, but I am confused on the best way to do this, if it is even possible. Ideally I would like to use the optical outs from the TV and PS4 into some sort of amplifier, but also include the stereo out from the Mac. However if that is not possible then use a DAC to convert the optical out either from the TV and/or the PS4 to a stereo amplifier, but then there is still the issue of being able to listen to sound from the Mac and TV/PS4 at the same time.
The only solution I can think of at the moment is to use a DAC from the TV/PS4 into a mixer along with the stereo connection from the Mac, then run this into an amplifier. However I am hoping there is a simpler more elegant solution to this. Any suggestions from more experienced people will be quite welcome.
Thank you.
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