Coax SPDIF Output

[Bowlsnapper]

Works great. Might start making them standard. Sounds a HELL of a lot better than the analog audio!

 

[SS_Dave]

My version 1.6 has been like that for years 

Coax audio and component to the AV receiver then HDMI to the TV

The friends used to comment of the sound of the games.

 

Cheers

SS Dave

Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

[fox]

hmm, clean work, I would like to hear the difference, my only audio gear is a pair of prehistoric receivers I found on a curb with no coaxial

[SS_Dave]

2 hours ago, fox said:

hmm, clean work, I would like to hear the difference, my only audio gear is a pair of prehistoric receivers I found on a curb with no coaxial

It defiantly makes a difference, The less you process the signal the cleaner it is 

 

Cheers

SS Dave

Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

[Bowlsnapper]

59 minutes ago, SS_Dave said:

It defiantly makes a difference, The less you process the signal the cleaner it is 

 

Cheers

SS Dave

Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

It made the Xbox a viable music player. The audio output was unlistenable before.

Digital signal all the way to the DAC of your choice. Even a 20 dollar DAC sounds better than anything I can possibly do with the line-level signal coming from the A/V.

[brooselee]

Back in my 20's I had my box hooked up to a projector with monster component and used the toslink/optical for a full 5.1 surround sound. I sold audio/video at the time. The setup was legit. 4 player death matches, but everyone still had a 55" screen. The 5.1 setup was friggen awesome.

[Bowlsnapper]

On 10/25/2023 at 3:17 AM, SS_Dave said:

My version 1.6 has been like that for years 

Coax audio and component to the AV receiver then HDMI to the TV

The friends used to comment of the sound of the games.

 

Cheers

SS Dave

Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

I didn't really comment on this, but it's interesting that you have both analog and digital audio hooked up to the receiver. In what situations do you use the analog? Is the HDMI native, or converted from analog?

[GoTeamScotch]

Oh man, I remember doing this mod when I was a teenager when I was maybe 15 years old on my first full-build mod. I only had A/V cables at the time but getting 5.1 surround sound was (and still is!) an awesome feature for these consoles to have, especially considering the competition didn't have true surround sound (ps2 had pro logic II, but that's it).

Playing games in surround sound and listening to FLACs at high fidelity helps keep these old units relevant, even in 2023. I have my full music library loaded onto mine and still use it to this day. These days I use an HDMI converter (by Chimeric Systems) for the convenience of it, but it's the same digital signal either way. Good on msft for future-proofing these consoles 20+ years ago.

[Bowlsnapper]

1 hour ago, GoTeamScotch said:

Oh man, I remember doing this mod when I was a teenager when I was maybe 15 years old on my first full-build mod. I only had A/V cables at the time but getting 5.1 surround sound was (and still is!) an awesome feature for these consoles to have, especially considering the competition didn't have true surround sound (ps2 had pro logic II, but that's it).

Playing games in surround sound and listening to FLACs at high fidelity helps keep these old units relevant, even in 2023. I have my full music library loaded onto mine and still use it to this day. These days I use an HDMI converter (by Chimeric Systems) for the convenience of it, but it's the same digital signal either way. Good on msft for future-proofing these consoles 20+ years ago.

Wow, man. It was literally in the same spot that I put mine. Not that it can really go anywhere else, but wow the same exact spot.

[SS_Dave]

4 hours ago, Bowlsnapper said:

I didn't really comment on this, but it's interesting that you have both analog and digital audio hooked up to the receiver. In what situations do you use the analog? Is the HDMI native, or converted from analog?

I don't have the analogue audio connected to the receiver just the coax digital. The receiver then converts to HDMI to send to the screen. The TV is really just a FTA tuner and a screen with the receiver switching from a Cambridge music sever for just audio and STB for streaming music videos with all audio signals being digital.

 

Cheers

SS Dave

Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

[fox]

1 hour ago, Bowlsnapper said:

Wow, man. It was literally in the same spot that I put mine. Not that it can really go anywhere else, but wow the same exact spot.

I noticed that myself O_O

[Bowlsnapper]

On 10/26/2023 at 1:31 PM, SS_Dave said:

I don't have the analogue audio connected to the receiver just the coax digital. The receiver then converts to HDMI to send to the screen. The TV is really just a FTA tuner and a screen with the receiver switching from a Cambridge music sever for just audio and STB for streaming music videos with all audio signals being digital.

 

Cheers

SS Dave

Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

FTA... Like, satellite?

On 10/26/2023 at 2:33 PM, fox said:

I noticed that myself O_O

Great minds think alike! @GoTeamScotch

[SS_Dave]

On 10/28/2023 at 9:51 AM, Bowlsnapper said:

FTA... Like, satellite?

Normal terrestrial TV (FTA =Free To Air)

Although I used to have a pay TV via satellite but that now comes via the internet on the STB (Set Top Box).

 

Cheers

SS Dave

Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

[Bowlsnapper]

And you use this in your av chain? What does it look like all hooked up?

@SS_Dave