Thanks for the reply. Let's suppose I wanted to pair old gear with new gear.
What are the draw backs, because at the end of the day, can the conversion hold close to the level of audio qualify expected from the original source along the intended transfer cable/ins outs?
Words like 48 khs, or 24bit sample rate come to mind as a musician. If the loss of fidelity is minor enough, it's still a big improvement on tv speakers.
Will applications like netflix be coded in a way where this old gear will fail to make sense of the information?
I don't know much about theater audio and how it's evolved, and what devices support what format, or if everything just defaults to the old dolby digital, when in doubt.
I just would like to know what the "problems" are with trying to pair hardware like this, so that I can understand if it's literally pointless, or not really worth it, or worth it with drawbacks but still an improvement, or if it's A OKAY and there won't likely be any complications rendering the information for my ears.
I don't know if I stumbled upon a forum geared towards people who only buy hi-end, and if no one is into mixed pairing, or thrifty buys.
Can someone point me in the right direction, if you've seen forums or a different sections that are more geared to what I'm looking for.
