How to get 5.1 digital source into analog pre-amp


Hi all. I've been stymied thinking about this and thought I would tap into the expertise on a-gon....

Suppose you have a great analog pre-amp with multiple 6 channel analog inputs. As sources you have a great universal disc player with great DACs that you are sending to the pre-amp via the player's analog outputs. Then suppose your second source is a digital satellite receiver with only digital outputs for multi-channel sound. What can you do to get the sound in multi-channel into the analog pre-amp, short of buying a cheap AV receiver and using its digital in and its pre-outs (or would this even work)?

Is there such a thing as a decent sounding stand alone multi-channel DAC?

Thanks for the help!

--dan
dgaylin

Showing 1 response by kr4

Aside from professional/studio devices, the only ones are discontinued or cheap. For that very purpose, I use a Technics SH-AC500D which is good enough for that task but there are others that might do.

Kal