good CD choice

Is this really going to work? I doubt it.

ARC uses dedicated pins on the HDMI connector (pin 14 plus pin 17 for ground). This is different from general audio transfer through HDMI.
 
Achim1811 said:
Will report once he got the stuff. To be honest, my job for him is done and I am not really interested longer. Maybe because the imagination pushing an audio CD into such a box causes physical pain for me 😉😂
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On reflection I think @harkpabst is correct. You’d need Xbox hdmi out to TV and either hdmi-arc from tv to amp or optical from tv to amp
 
Ditto to ripping to FLAC. Lossless, supported by nearly every player.

CDs have error detection bits, but no error correction. A good ripper, like Exact Audio Copy (plus FLAC encoder, both free) makes bit perfect copies of CDs that never scratch or get fingerprints. Computer file error correction means your music will never glitch.
 
eByGum said:
I use this thing... Brennan Helix.
Brennan is a british company that makes CD transports targeting Sonos environments and this Helix batch is being sold off cheap due to a manufacturing error making 3.5mm output mono only. Optical works fine and for 209 bucks it's pretty cheap for a transport. No frills, just plays CD's.
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I'll be picking one of the (hopefully non mono versions lol) Helix. I'm hoping dimension wise it will somewhat square up with my WiiM Ultra. How do you like the unit? I presume I would just select WIRED output and connect the TOSLINK to my Ultra? Does the Helix reliably retrieve album art and track names while in CD player mode?
 
KNVPStudios said:
Does the Helix reliably retrieve album art and track names while in CD player mode?
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All Brennans use MusicBrainz to source CD info. MusicBrainz most times is reliable but is dependant on the quality of the data that has been uploaded by public users. New releases can take some time to find their way into the database
 
KNVPStudios said:
I'll be picking one of the (hopefully non mono versions lol) Helix. I'm hoping dimension wise it will somewhat square up with my WiiM Ultra. How do you like the unit? I presume I would just select WIRED output and connect the TOSLINK to my Ultra? Does the Helix reliably retrieve album art and track names while in CD player mode?
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The player works just fine, nice and small which is what I wanted and TOSLINK connect works well (13" wide and Ultra is less than 8"). Displays track info ok but not something I'm bothered about considering I sit 15ft away and it's about 5/8" square. I just wanted a functional transport at a low cost for occasional use and it does that just fine.
 
Suntoucher said:
New and very cheap solution as a cd transport with digital output...

www.audiophonics.fr

SMSL PL100 Lecteur CD CS43131 Noir

Le lecteur CD SMSL PL100 est un appareil qui vous permettra de profiter de votre collection de CD. Il repose sur une puce DAC CS43131 ainsi qu'un circuit PLL (Phase-Locked Loop) pour une restitution sonore au plus proche de la source d'origine.
www.audiophonics.fr www.audiophonics.fr
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Wow this seems like a great option, price and feature-wise and has just been launched in Amazon at $105 USD. Will take a closer look, thanks for sharing this!
 
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