Digital audio selector advice (1 Viewer)

[seth_petry_john]

Can anyone recommend a good digitial audio selector? You know the story: I have more sources with digitial audio out than I have inputs on my receiver. My receiver has one Toslink and one coax connection for digital audio. My DVD player uses the coax, and everything else that I want to hook up uses Toslink so I only NEED an optical audio switch.

I want something that I can integrate with the macros on my home theater remote so I need discrete remote codes for each input.

I'm worried about signal quality: do selectors like this affect the audio qualify in any perceptible way?

I've done some research and found some unit that do what I want. Does anyone have any experience with these models? Any advice?

Inday DA4X-R - $119
inday.com/da4x/da4x.htm

Radio Shack 15-1987 - $99.99
radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&product%5Fid=15%2D1987

Audio Authority AA1177 - $119.99
digitalconnection.com/products/audio/aa1177.asp

Cables to Go 3/1 Switch - $79.99
tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=C184%2D28731

As much as I'd like something like the Zektor component video/audio switch, that's a little out of my budget at this time.

Thanks in advance,
Seth

 

[Rachael B]

Seth, I've had an Audio Authority switcher for about 4 years problem-free. About the same time, I also got an MSB Digital Director. It turned out to be a bust. After about a year, it started having random dropouts. It's been on the shelf gathering dust and the little plastic AA switcher plugs on. The AA swicher with it's auto-selection (over-rideable) would function simply and well with your macro commands since the turning on of a connected source will turn on the unit and effect a switch. This without a command directly to the switcher itself. Best wishes!

 

[peter m. wilson]

Hi,
Get the cheapest one that can be returned if you don't likeit.

These things are pretty simple and either work or they don't.

Peter m.