The MOTU Ultralite Mk5 is a nice piece of hardware and is even at a great price point if you use more than a tiny fraction of its capabilities, but it also costs quite a few times the entire cost of the rest of this system :)
If you just want to get the eARC data, any S/PDIF input (USB or I2S-via-hat) would work just as well at 1/20 of the price :)
I want someone to fudge up a multiple shairplay setup (presumably by claiming multiple IP addresses, as AirPlay 2.0 apparently can’t handle multiple sinks at the same address) that can use a single multichannel interface like the Ultralite Mk5. This would make an excellent multizone audio setup at an entirely reasonable price.
If you just want to get the eARC data, any S/PDIF input (USB or I2S-via-hat) would work just as well at 1/20 of the price :)
I want someone to fudge up a multiple shairplay setup (presumably by claiming multiple IP addresses, as AirPlay 2.0 apparently can’t handle multiple sinks at the same address) that can use a single multichannel interface like the Ultralite Mk5. This would make an excellent multizone audio setup at an entirely reasonable price.