itll only really be studio gear

and it probably wont have a coax or toslink out

AES or firewire really

Lame. It seems my only option is to track down an older receiver and use it as an intermediary.

that wont do digital out tho

from the inputs at least

might do digital passthrough but idk about htat even

So I can't use this piece of equipment at all unless I go all old equipment, run it into an old reciever and connect speakers there

what are you actually trying to do

Getting AC-3 out of my old LDs. The box in question is an AC-3RF Demodulator (Yamaha DDP-1) , but it's built to work in tandem with a specific receiver. I have everything going through my main ATMOS receiver, but this box can not be hooked up as is because my receiver has no Analog inputs aside from Stereo.

tbh just get a new receiver

This is a new receiver tbh. It's a 7.2.2

get one that isnt all digital

itll be cheaper that the solution you want

Possibly.

Or just get a different AC-3RF demodulator that does output digital.

I have a cheaper option, build 5 small amps, making my speakers into powered speakers, and connect them directly into the 5.1 multi-channel output of the DDP-1

i wonder, since china's got way more lax regulations on this sort of stuff than the west

is any chinese company manufacturing type 4 tape?

i can only get my hands on type 1 and sometimes 2 from western brands, new old stock type 4 has gotten "may as well go reel to reel" expensive

bc honestly fuck vinyl, a good type 4 tape (honestly even a type 2 with dolby nr) outperforms it also tapes are mechanically and conceptually cooler

Yeah good question

probably not, Metal tapes would cost a lot to produce, even for china. Even the type I tapes are low quality, even by Type I standards

figures

type 1 is fine for dungeon synth and black metal at least, and really that's almost all of what i have any interest in buying on cassettes anyway

lol

cassettes were so cute

are still cute

fucc off gramps

even if a lot of the stuff i want is horribly expensive

tfw you can't buy conceptionally cool outdated tech

i need to get a copy of crypt of the wizard but it's such an important work that i can't find a copy under $30 shipped

for the cassette, and fuckin i _guess_ i could get the cd but that shit's not as cool

i already have a digital copy i want the cassette, yknow

spinning mirrors 🤢
spinning ropes 😍

also if i get the cd i don't want the remaster with ouroboros art, i want the collector's version with mortiis in the bat wings costume crouching in front of a blurry photo of a cathedral

and that's like 70 bucks

there's some bootlegs floating around for cheap but i want the real one

Get into Minidisc

Lax regulations make it so they can sell shit that kills people and shit in general. Don't think there waa anything inherently environment destroying about manufacturing tapes

what threading neweer uses on their microphones btw ?