I recently purchased an Integra DTR 40.1 receiver to replace my older Onkyo receiver. Before the Integra I had a TX-DS 939 and before that a TX-DS 747. The Integra is a great leap forward and sounds great.
I am using the Integra in a home theater set up and have two outdoor speakers on my deck. My music and movie collection is managed with a MacMini using Itunes and I have an external hard drive for storage. For speakers, I have B&W XT2s as front speakers, a FPM5 as the center channel, M1s as surround speakers and an ASW 608 for a subwoofer. I am running a pair of JBL outdoor speakers on the deck.
After setting up the Integra, I realized that it cannot play back a digital source in zone 2. The MacMini outputs sound via optical digital out OR the stereo mini plug but not both. I don't want to lose 5.1 dolby digital for my movies, but at the same time I want to use my zone 2 speakers for music.
I was thinking maybe I could keep the digital output the same, and add a USB D/A converter for analog zone 2 but I have done some reading that the Mac might not output two sound devices at the same time.
Any ideas? Thanks.
Chuck
I am using the Integra in a home theater set up and have two outdoor speakers on my deck. My music and movie collection is managed with a MacMini using Itunes and I have an external hard drive for storage. For speakers, I have B&W XT2s as front speakers, a FPM5 as the center channel, M1s as surround speakers and an ASW 608 for a subwoofer. I am running a pair of JBL outdoor speakers on the deck.
After setting up the Integra, I realized that it cannot play back a digital source in zone 2. The MacMini outputs sound via optical digital out OR the stereo mini plug but not both. I don't want to lose 5.1 dolby digital for my movies, but at the same time I want to use my zone 2 speakers for music.
I was thinking maybe I could keep the digital output the same, and add a USB D/A converter for analog zone 2 but I have done some reading that the Mac might not output two sound devices at the same time.
Any ideas? Thanks.
Chuck
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