I went with this device because my gaming computer actually picks up or puts out too much noise / interference I don't know how to get around or fix that. I Don't use the HDMI output from the extractor. Receiver: ALL speakers set to large seeing the Crossover and settings are done on the PC/WINDOWS. Windows 10 // 5.1 // Bass Management - Crossover 70 Hz 1 ' to a volume control from the extractor. also since this is a PC/DESK SETUP, in an apartment (other people living here also) setup, I like to have separate control of the sub, so I just send the '. THEN-> for the 5 channels, I Send to my Yamaha MULTI CHANNEL INPUTS. SKSL HDMI Digital Audio Converter Support 3 Modes for Audio Output Blue-Ray Player LPCM 4k Video,LPCM 7.1CH HDMI Audio Converter I use the HDMI output from my GPU, to an HDMI extractor(I use as like a sound card)(I will link the amazon title of the item and hopefully a link below) This HDMI extractor takes analog(?)/RCA out from the HDMI / 7.1 (but I'm using only 5.1 for my setup) Links: So, my setup isn't a dedicated HTPC setup.

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