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Hello,

I have a great setup with 2 Silver Phantom, but I will upgrade my setup soon and want to use them hooked up to a projector.

The projector (Epson TW7400) has no optical output. 

Should I buy an amp with multiple optical in, and hdmi out ? Does it even exist ? As I will also be plugging a sound bar ?

My first idea was just a simple hdmi splitter WITH optical in. But i dont know if it would work especially with issues with lipsync. I have manually lowered to latency to 60ms but it is still not perfect. Is there a splitter or amp system that can offset this ? Especially if I also have to sync with a soundbar? 


Many thanks !

(29-Nov-2020, 10:17)dslrgoprodubai Wrote: [ -> ]Hello,

I have a great setup with 2 Silver Phantom, but I will upgrade my setup soon and want to use them hooked up to a projector.

The projector (Epson TW7400) has no optical output. 

Should I buy an amp with multiple optical in, and hdmi out ? Does it even exist ? As I will also be plugging a sound bar ?

My first idea was just a simple hdmi splitter WITH optical in. But i dont know if it would work especially with issues with lipsync. I have manually lowered to latency to 60ms but it is still not perfect. Is there a splitter or amp system that can offset this ? Especially if I also have to sync with a soundbar? 


Many thanks !

I would not recommend to add the sound bar with the Silvers, you will have more lipsync problems. Most surround receivers can delay the sound, but I haven't found one for a reasonable price that can delay the picture. Another option is the optical direct mode. The latency will be close to zero but you'll need a preamp of some kind to control the volume, and at least an optical splitter to feed the Phantoms.

What’s the video source into the projector? Apple TV in the mix could connect via HDMI to the projector, and airplay audio to the phantom.

An AV Receiver might be overkill, but would accept the HDMI signal from your video source and pass it through to your projector, while diverting the audio output via optical port to one of the Phantom. You don’t need to output to both of them: pairing them in the Devialet app will take care of distributing the stereo signal to the other phantom.

I’m with Ragwo on the soundbar. I think you’ll have issues getting everything time-synced correctly.