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multi channel audio from MC27 to Marantz SR-7007
HaWi:
--- Quote from: bob on February 04, 2021, 04:22:17 pm ---I don't think that DSD in DoP format is used for DSP studio in DLNA server settings.
I see you have it set to 2 channels out though.
You might try "source number of channels"
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Thanks Bob,
I am unable to change the channel setting as soon as I choose the DSD format. The right part under channel settings turns yellow and cannot be modified in MC. Even if I set it to original channel number before, it'll automatically change into what's in the screenshot as soon as DSD is chosen on the left.
HaWi:
--- Quote from: Dawgincontrol on February 04, 2021, 05:20:30 pm ---Had one before the hdmi board went out.
If I remember I selected 5.1 channels, No upmixing or downmixing, Output Encoding none. Then I had the Output Format box unchecked (which makes the unit and its dac do all the work). It has a good dac and should process the channels correctly.
What gets people hung up a lot of times is thinking they have to let Media Center do all the lifting. The Marantz receiver will do this. You can still use Volume Leveling, effects, equalizer, etc. from Media Center without using the Output Format.
Think you can also do this by selecting Output encoding and selecting Dolby Digital if you prefer that, but am not sure. In this case you would check the box for Output Format.
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Thank you D,
DSD is the only Output encoding that doesn't generate a "file format error" on the SR7007, except, of course, setting it to none as you suggest. I think it may be a DLNA limitation, as wer points out. I am happy letting the SR7007 do all the lifting. I discovered that I can convert SACD .iso files in MC using the DSP functions, including the appropriate equalizer. Still, I am not seeing more than two channels now. I do remember seeing 5 channel input on the Marantz before, but for the life of me I cannot remember what the settings were or what track I was playing at the time. My bad.
HaWi:
--- Quote from: HaWi on February 05, 2021, 10:10:29 am ---Thanks Bob,
I am unable to change the channel setting as soon as I choose the DSD format. The right part under channel settings turns yellow and cannot be modified in MC. Even if I set it to original channel number before, it'll automatically change into what's in the screenshot as soon as DSD is chosen on the left.
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Thank you, wer
I have been researching what the DLNA limitations on the SR7007 are but haven't come up with much. The manual, though excellent, is absolutely mum about DLNA other than mentioning its existence.
I have also been contemplating putting a DAC of some sort between my iMac and the receiver just so I can get the signal into the receiver through HDMI. Is that a viable solution? If so, what DAC would you recommend?
bob:
I haven't seen much in the way of multichannel hdmi DACs that do DSD.
If you break your SACD iso down into individual multichannel .dsf tracks and do no DSP, Dop or conversion on them I think you'd be able to get that to work but it will depend on your receiver. I've just started playing with this a bit since I've been accumulating multichannel SACD's and built a 5.1 home system.
The only other option is to use L16 PCM which would support taking your SACD tracks into multichannel L16 to send to your Marantz which of course would have to support multichannel PCM via DLNA.
We can do something similar in 24 bits using L24 to our Id's or another MC renderer but very few software or hardware devices support L24.
Perhaps somewhere down the line MC could do that DSD iso track extraction live but I don't know what kind of work that would entail.
HaWi:
Thank you Bob,
L16 PCM works over DLNA. The problem is that I cannot set the channels, it always reverts to 2 channels in MC.
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