Many folks in the past, and recently, including myself have sought HDMI to RCA products. That was my reason for starting this thread.
I'm glad that some of you, maybe all on QQ, I don't know, have the budget to buy devices costing hundreds of dollars. Many others, myself included, do not, and have to plan ahead to buy especially the bigger ticket items in our audio cabinets.
I AM glad that the capabilities or even lack thereof of these products have been discussed, this helps everyone that may not understand what they are buying, and I appreciate that input and learned a little myself.
It's easy for anyone to say I won't buy this or that. Fine, we all have that choice. But sometimes "good enough" is what you have to do for many of us. For example I once drove a (for me!) expensive muscle car but sold it to drive my old truck. It's "good enough" for my purposes as a retiree and will run on regular gas instead of premium. It was a choice based on my needs.
More and more I see on QQ threads devolving into snide remarks about "clueless people" or such insinuating that I or others are just plain stupid when it comes to audio. Many of us don't have EE degrees or work in a recording studio but manage to do just fine. Let's not go down that road, people. We're all united here in that we love our music and equipment, no matter how low brow that equipment might appear to the "cognoscenti" .
BTW these terms "extractor" and so forth are from the vendors that sell the devices. The nomenclature they choose might be incorrect, misleading or just smoke and mirrors but echoing how they advertise their devices might serve to locate them for the ones interested. Then they can come back and read this thread, take in the comments, weigh the pros and cons, and proceed as they will.
Thanks all for your participation.
I'm glad that some of you, maybe all on QQ, I don't know, have the budget to buy devices costing hundreds of dollars. Many others, myself included, do not, and have to plan ahead to buy especially the bigger ticket items in our audio cabinets.
I AM glad that the capabilities or even lack thereof of these products have been discussed, this helps everyone that may not understand what they are buying, and I appreciate that input and learned a little myself.
It's easy for anyone to say I won't buy this or that. Fine, we all have that choice. But sometimes "good enough" is what you have to do for many of us. For example I once drove a (for me!) expensive muscle car but sold it to drive my old truck. It's "good enough" for my purposes as a retiree and will run on regular gas instead of premium. It was a choice based on my needs.
More and more I see on QQ threads devolving into snide remarks about "clueless people" or such insinuating that I or others are just plain stupid when it comes to audio. Many of us don't have EE degrees or work in a recording studio but manage to do just fine. Let's not go down that road, people. We're all united here in that we love our music and equipment, no matter how low brow that equipment might appear to the "cognoscenti" .
BTW these terms "extractor" and so forth are from the vendors that sell the devices. The nomenclature they choose might be incorrect, misleading or just smoke and mirrors but echoing how they advertise their devices might serve to locate them for the ones interested. Then they can come back and read this thread, take in the comments, weigh the pros and cons, and proceed as they will.
Thanks all for your participation.