GefenTV Digital Audio Decoder
by Gefen
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Manufacturer: GefenPlatform: No Operating System
Model: GTV-DD-2-AA
Color: Silver
Product features:
- Allows listening to digital audio sources on legacy analog sound systems
- 24-bit incoming bitstream on left and right channels
- Digital interpolation filter and digital to analog converter (DAC)
- Converts S/PDIF or TOSLINK digital audio to L/R analog audio
- Supports up to 6 channels (up to 5.1 Surround) of audio encoded in Dolby Digital
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Customer Review: Good luck with this one
Summary: 1 Stars
I have a mixed system, with older and newer components. If you, like me, don't want to upgrade every component of your home theater system when you make the newest addition to it, then I don't think this component is for you. I'm still not certain exactly what was wrong with the one I got. It may have been broken, out of the box, or it may just be that it is incapable of decoding anything at all that isn't coming into it as a 5.1 Dolby Digital signal--I read that this inability is this, particular, unit's greatest flaw. But who knows? Maybe it was just broken to start with. I've also read that they can burn out quickly, like within weeks. The one thing I do know about this unit, is that it didn't do the job I wanted it to do.
I have a DVD player/CD player, VHS machines, and a Blue Ray device all hooked up, by various means, to my new HDTV. I was disappointed that the only audio out was via fiber-optic (TOSLINK) cable. How lame. But that's a flaw of the HDTV. But it is a flaw most of them seem to share if they don't cost over $1,000. I thought I'd found a way around that problem with this device. But not so. As I've stated, it was either broken out of the box, or just wouldn't work for anything BUT Dolby 5.1. As I don't have HDTV service yet through my cable provider, or any Blue Ray Disks, I couldn't really test these possibilities.
What I found was a TC-7510 Digital Optical unit made by Beresford. Not only is this unit substantially bigger than four postage stamps, it is advertised to be able to convert ANY Optical-Digital signal back into stereo. Since there's only ONE optical (TOSLINK) out for audio on my set, it must be converted, whatever it's format. Amazon has them listed as "out of stock." So you have to go to "SpecialtyAV.com" to purchase this unit at the same price as Amazon lists it, but it's out of stock. I had to pay about another $10 and change for shipping.
If you have an HDTV, and relatively uncomplicated inputs to that TV, inputs that only involve Dolby 5.1 audio signals in, then this may be the unit for you. But if you are trying to make do with what you've already got, I suspect this isn't what you want. Check out the TC-7150 from Beresford. About $30 more, plus shipping. What I have now, while waiting for the Beresford device is a system in disarray. I'm not about to push it back again, when it's not working right, only to pull it out so I can string some new cables a few days from now. It never occurred to me that something capable of breaking 5.1 Dolby down into stereo would be incapable of passing stereo straight through itself. And I think that's what I got--that or it was broken out of the box, or burned out within seconds. Take your pick of which of those is best.
Description of GefenTV Digital Audio Decoder
The GTV-DD-2-AA GefenTV Digital Audio Decoder from Gefen accepts audio encoded in Dolby Digital (at up to 5.1 channels) from your multi-channel S/PDIF or TOSLINK digital audio source and converts it to L/R analog audio.Digital Cameras & Photo Categories
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