Folks,

Several months ago I bought an Electrohome Marquee Signal Switcher - for ~$100 on ebay. (They went for several thousand new back in the mid-nineties.)

The one I got has nine input modules / cards, one output module, and the CPU/Power module.

My input modules all have pass-through capability - but the regular modules will do for what I'm about to suggest.

Each card has five BNC inputs (for video) and two RCA audio inputs (for stereo L/R). The ouput module has the same setup.

Now while I use my switcher to handle three different sets of component / HD inputs, as far as I can tell there is no reason why you could not use any six of the inputs (of the seven in total) to switch between 5.1 analogue audio inputs (from DVD-audio and SACD). Just pick up a bag of RCA to BNC converter plugs and you are all set. If the "video" BNC connectors can handle HD bandwidth (afterall the unit is part of the "Marquee" line) then it should sure as heck handle common old analogue audio signals. Just my guess. (I've routed digital audio signals through the regular audio inputs before I got my Model 950 - without problems.)

I've only seen three of these come up on ebay this year, including mine, but I've not been checking regularly.

Perhaps a very high quality, low-cost solution to your signal switching problems.

Regards.

Jeff Mackwood

ps. A couple of months ago I tracked down a Florida company that took over that part of Electrohome's business. I was looking for other modules. They had some complete units in stock but if I recall correctly they wanted top dollar for them.