Dutch & Dutch 8c with multiple sources

I’m really interested in getting the Dutch & Dutch 8c. I want to use a Mac mini for music, however I also want to be able to run the audio from my TV through the them. How would I do this?

e9181104-04-2021 11:40am

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e91811 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 26 posts 04-05-2021 at 12:39am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I thought spdif and toslink are the same thing. It’s an optical output, spdif
e91811 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 26 posts 04-05-2021 at 12:44am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete If I use a cheap external dac as a preamp then I’m limiting the quality of the input to the 8c, which is fine for tv but is terrible for music from the computer
djones51 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,947 posts 04-05-2021 at 12:58am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Don't confuse price with quality in DACs. I just used an example there are a lot of DACs that can be used as a preamp. Maybe this link will help. https://pura-audio.nl/en/2020/10/13/elementor-4383/
e91811 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 26 posts 04-05-2021 at 01:21am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Is it possible to plug the Mac mini into the network socket (via router) for use with Roon and also have something plugged into the aes socket?
e91811 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 26 posts 04-05-2021 at 01:33am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete djones51: thank you for that article, that has a lot of useful information however, I really want to get rid of extra dacs and use the DAC in the 8c

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