TheTwickerman 1 Posted December 16, 2016 Hi folks, just connected the TT to the home cinema. I opted for optical s/pdif connection. There's a disconcerting lag on the audio. Is this a feature of the optical audio connection? Will it be better if I swap to an analogue connection? Thanks for any suggestions. - Nick. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ric1966 33 Posted December 17, 2016 The Amplifi optical output to my Bose Soundtouch 30 does the same thing, it's delayed from the timing of my playing. I always assumed it was the decoder in the Bose, but maybe not... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ric1966 33 Posted December 17, 2016 Correction, it was the 1/4" phones output to the Bose 1/8" auxiliary input. I remember being surprised by the latency with that connection... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheTwickerman 1 Posted December 19, 2016 I found that the analogue connections (including the headphone socket) are ok. So that's what I am using now. I don't know whether the delay is in the encoding in the TT or the decoding in the amp (or both) - but either way, it's pretty useless! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phil_m 4,522 Posted December 19, 2016 Many consumer-grade audio devices introduce latency with their connections because of the way they process audio. They weren't really designed with real-time monitoring in mind. Even if you're syncing with video, a 10ms latency is probably not going to be noticeable, but it can be when playing guitar through a system. I've used my AMPLIFi TT's S/PDIF connection plugged directly into an audio interface, and there was no latency. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheTwickerman 1 Posted December 20, 2016 That's what I am hoping, because I will be using it as a recording interface too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites