vstar Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Is the v1 compatible with 2.5.2 and 2.6?if not then Is v2 compatible with 2.5.2 and 2.6?also what is the difference between v1 and v2 please?thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Both older units work with the current software.The difference is:-Design of case-Better quality build interior and exteriorThe latter includes more reliable powersupply, the weak spot of the V1's. User end-wise only the new V3 is truly different - mainly in that it handles volume control in 100 steps vs 25 steps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vstar Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 you are a wealth of knowledge as usual Cy, thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdepaola Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 The C4 audio matrix is a good piece I love mine but I'd buy something else if I was going it again. I think it was a mistake not adding in digital in/out to the new matrix. Something similar to the AVocation audio matrix would have been the way to go. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 It does what it's supposed to do - I prefer VideoStorms myself for similar reasons as f/m above - but the price is actually pretty hard to beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wappinghigh Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Why is analog a problem?. In any case it allows you to use better DAC devices in the source.. this is a POSITIVE... though I guess you've gotta go A>D>A right? If you want to distribute digital audio direct why double up on this using an HDMI matrix? Some things like the new Rocki streamer V2 will have HDMI out anyway.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMHarman Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Wapping, some devices like ATV are digital only now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 And many BluRay players, some sat boxes, etc. Gamesystems may have it but require specialty cables and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wappinghigh Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Wapping, some devices like ATV are digital only now.Sorry I fail to see the problem here when you have HDMI... My appols. But I really do.. Anyway ATV is for video right? Not audio. ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMHarman Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Sorry I fail to see the problem here when you have HDMI...My appols. But I really do.. Anyway ATV is for video right? Not audio. ??Trapidol peg round hole. More hardware to get a signal there (and cost) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdepaola Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Wap: So I have HDMI out of my AppleTV and I send that to my AVR. Great, awesome, however I'd also like to distribute the audio to all of my other zones of which most are feed by a multi-zone amp. So how do I get the audio to all those other places with HDMI? Maybe I could send it out of the AVR via its zone 2? Nope most AVR's will not send digital audio to zone 2. Hmmm. I could use the digital out from the ATV, run it into an inline DAC then to my matrix. Not very clean and what if I have multiple digital signals I need to distribute, the. I've got a bunch of DAC's hanging in my rack. What if I had a audio matrix that did analog and digital with full conversion in both directions? This also effectively would give me a larger matrix and would be a great problem solver. Also the ATV is the only feat that doesn't have an analog out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avittech Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 The problem with most digital audio matrices is they do not usually down convert dolby digital and will only accept a PCM source, which is 2 channel. If you want to watch movies in surround on your appletv and have the digital output work for secondary zones you will have to set the appletv to pcm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 PCM does NOT equal 2-channel at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wappinghigh Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Wap: So I have HDMI out of my AppleTV and I send that to my AVR. Great, awesome, however I'd also like to distribute the audio to all of my other zones of which most are feed by a multi-zone amp. So how do I get the audio to all those other places with HDMI?Maybe I could send it out of the AVR via its zone 2? Nope most AVR's will not send digital audio to zone 2. Hmmm.I could use the digital out from the ATV, run it into an inline DAC then to my matrix. Not very clean and what if I have multiple digital signals I need to distribute, the. I've got a bunch of DAC's hanging in my rack.What if I had a audio matrix that did analog and digital with full conversion in both directions? This also effectively would give me a larger matrix and would be a great problem solver.Also the ATV is the only feat that doesn't have an analog out.Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkSure fair enough. I just like keep HDMI for video and pretty much stream audio now via the net: so I don't need HDMI for that... I'm not saying HDMI is great for audio (it's not) but if you want to extract audio from an HDMI source .. which is basically what an ATV is..and distribute around a matrix: there are other ways than using digital coax/toslink That's all I'm saying... So I'm with C4 here LOL!!! I reckon Audio is best kept separate: use better individual DACS (to your liking) and distribute and switch analog... But I'm talking stereo Audio here.. Other wise you are going D<>A<>D<>A too much in the matrix all the time which I prefer not to do because I like my audio as less "converted" as possible. The less conversion steps the better.. Just my preference. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wappinghigh Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 ^ BTW check out the new Leaf HDMI's.. maybe they'll do what you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSDave Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 http://www.zektor.com/products_proaudio_dsp_16x16.html I've heard REALLY good thinks about this matrix. All your A>D and D>A conversions built in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wappinghigh Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Yes. So have I. But it's like 7k or something ridiculous here vs 2k for the Analog C4... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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