Petey
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I have a Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ and Brooklyn Amp+ connected to my LG OLED TV via a toslink SPDIF connection. I have a couple of consoles and an Apple TV 4k connected to the TV and I also use the TV apps like Netflix, Amazon, Disney+ etc... I'm finding the quality of the downmixing being output by the TV to my DAC varies wildly, sometimes it's completely lacking in dynamic range and the volume can be low. I find setting the Apple TV 4k to output stereo produces the best sound, I assume the downmix is then happening directly inside the Apple TV rather the OLED, however this also produces varying results depending on the content and app.
My DAC supports a hometheatre bypass so I can pass it a pre-out FL + FR from another source (an AV Receiver in this case) and still continue to use it in conjunction with my Brooklyn Amp+ connected to my front speakers. Then in addition I can use the other channels from the AV Receiver for the Center, SL + SR.
My thinking for this approach is because I can use the eArc from the OLED to the AV Receiver, which will be much better suited to dealing with a multi-channel signal and I can add additional speakers over time.
Does anyone have any experience with a similar setup and could recommend a good, moderately priced AV Receiver that will accept an eArc signal and pre-out FL + FR?
My DAC supports a hometheatre bypass so I can pass it a pre-out FL + FR from another source (an AV Receiver in this case) and still continue to use it in conjunction with my Brooklyn Amp+ connected to my front speakers. Then in addition I can use the other channels from the AV Receiver for the Center, SL + SR.
My thinking for this approach is because I can use the eArc from the OLED to the AV Receiver, which will be much better suited to dealing with a multi-channel signal and I can add additional speakers over time.
Does anyone have any experience with a similar setup and could recommend a good, moderately priced AV Receiver that will accept an eArc signal and pre-out FL + FR?