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DAC with remote for input select?

Does anyone make a Dac that allows you to sit in your chair and select input?
I have a 2ch system that includes TV, Sat Rec., DVD recorder, and DVD player. I need to use dac output from Sat rec, in order to be able to run RCAs to TV and DVD recorder. Doesn't allow me to run a feed to my integrated.
I'm thinking it would be nice to run both the Sat Rec and the DVD recorder to the dac but I'm too lazy to have to get up and switch on the DAC itself. Not to mention the # of times I bounce from one to the other,
I'm thinking the DAC industry should be able to include a $5 remote ( doesn't have to do much) with there product.
Does anybody make a relatively inexpensive dac that comes with a remote
krellboy

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edesilva
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What about this:

http://www.copperbox.com/lite/popinfo.php?lc_code=1177

It autoswitches, so you not only don't need to get off the couch, you don't even have to exert finger pressure on a remote.

I also have multiple inputs on my dCS gear switchable via remote, although only one of each flavor (RCA, BNC, AES/EBU).
edesilva
768 posts
 
Krellboy-

Guess I'm not sure what you are after--I thought you said DAC with switchable input? You could put the coax digital audio switch before the DAC--i.e., run Sat, dvd, etc. into the switch and then to any DAC that takes a coax digital in and outputs analog out...

There are a number of DACs that have switchable inputs--my dCS Delius, for example. My old Theta has 3 inputs (but no remote), think the levinsons, the bel cantos, all have switched inputs. Not many of the inexpensive ones have this feature, but that is why I suggested the coax switch--probably easier to add the functionality outside the DAC.

If I'm totally misunderstanding, the other possibility is looking into the matrix switchers (i.e., 8 inputs, 3 outputs) by Key Digital and others...
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