bmrowe Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 I've spent quite a bit of time searching without much luck. I've got a ea-3 connected to a triad 8x8 over analog today. The 8x8 does have digital coax inputs. Curious what the best practice is here. Would I see any improved audio quality switching from analog to digital? Listening sources are primarily high-res Spotify and Tidal. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstafford388 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 I don't know why you wouldn't run both the digital and analog feed from the EA3 to the matrix, unless you've run out of inputs on the matrix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmrowe Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 I'm actually only using 2 of the inputs on the matrix. If I'm streaming music to the ea3, how would it choose to send out analog or digital? Given the same source, is one going to allow for higher quality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 I believe it uses digital first. But having two connections allows the controller to play two different audio streams at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 There is no quality difference between the two as such (arguably digital is less likely to get interference but assuming it's all in one rack/location....) on C4 controllers, they output the same stream. C4 will choose 'digital coax' first unless it's in use, because the system is set to assume that it would be the preference in general (eg when there is a digital path and an analogue bath to a surround receiver) - this is baked into the system itself, but has no effect as such on Controller outputs. HDMI, Coax and analogue all output stereo only, and all can output the same hi-rez audio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmrowe Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Cyknight said: There is no quality difference between the two as such (arguably digital is less likely to get interference but assuming it's all in one rack/location....) on C4 controllers, they output the same stream. C4 will choose 'digital coax' first unless it's in use, because the system is set to assume that it would be the preference in general (eg when there is a digital path and an analogue bath to a surround receiver) - this is baked into the system itself, but has no effect as such on Controller outputs. HDMI, Coax and analogue all output stereo only, and all can output the same hi-rez audio. Thanks! If I just plug in the digital coax, I won't need to have the dealer change anything? I can just start using a second stream in a different room? That'd be pretty slick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 No, your dealer will have to make the matching connection in the system, though that would be all of a second to do (it'll take many times longer just to start composer, and connect remotely than the actual work involved). This is the sort of thing we do whenever we have 5 minutes to do so ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmrowe Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 Thanks for the help on this. Wired up the last input and dealer was quick to enable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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