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Will you help me find a surround-sound audio switching solution?

• My DVD player has HDMI which works great, but the SACD play function works through analog connections only. I have SACD working in stereo, but I want surround. The only surround audio component input on my receiver is already in use. What I want to do is one of the following four things: 1. Find a cable or cheap box that will let me connect 6 audio cables and 3 RCA component video cables and convert it to HDMI 1.3. (the best solution since I have three open HDMI inputs) 2. Find a cable or cheap box that will let me connect 6 RCA audio cables and covert it to 5.1 digital optical (SPDIF optical or coaxial). (not a bad solution since I can disconnect one of the optical inputs and use an alternative) 3. Find a switch box that will allow me to connect two sets of eight 7.1 surround RCA cables and switch between them. (an irritating and cumbersome but potentially cheap and easy solution) 4. The DVD player has a SCART connector which is supposedly analog and therefore should conduct the SACD signal. A SCART to HDMI converter would work too, but so far the prices I have found for these are ludicrous. If anyone knows of an inexpensive adapter for this, I would love to know about it. A fifth possible solution is to insert RCA splitters into the surround RCA input jacks and simply allow two different surround sources to use them simultaneously. However, I am worried that having two line-level inputs sharing the same input jacks might damage the receiver. Links to appropriate websites would be appreciated.

• Answer:

  I have to assume that whatever you are using the multi-channel analog inputs for now has higher priority than your SACD player .... otherwise I'd suggest running whatever that is via optical and plug in the SACD. Assuming that isn't an option (and I agree using splitters to combine two outputs isn't a good idea) you are not going to find anything cheap. The first link is to a review of a multichannel analog switch that would do the job ... but $450 is pretty steep. The second link is for an even fancier model for more $. At these prices I'd suggest trading your DVD/SACD player for a new Oppo BDP-83 (last link) ... it's no doubt superior to your present one and will add Blu-ray capability for $499.