I used Javascript on the command line to embed it in a library before Node.js was built. Should you need an interactive console in Windows, have a look at MDN's Spidermonkey jsshell: SpiderMonkey: The Mozilla JavaScript runtime - Mozilla | MDN[^] Among the many pages of MDN this one gives a bird's eye view on the basics of the language. A re-introduction to JavaScript (JS tutorial) - JavaScript | MDN[^] Finally, Douglas Crockford was my favorite JavaScript expert: Books By Douglas Crockford[^] and Douglas Crockford's JavaScript[^]

Maybe you can use a TV DAC, if you are planning to upgrade your TV someday and have the TV in the same room as your audio system. I used to have one of those cheap hdmi splitters and it is resting in a drawer somewhere. It sounded awful. Please consider that my amplifier is not a high end one, it is an 1983 AKAI, considered a cheap one in its day, but it packs its own punch :) In 2018 I bought a SONY Bravia TV which includes a more than decent audio DAC. Inputs are: network (DLNA/UPNP... wired or wifi), chromecast, hdmi and USB (memory stick or hard disks), probaly also bluetooth. Output is a 3.5 stereo jack in 3 modes (headphone, fixed and variable which is controlled by the volume on remote). Android TV gives plenty of choice for software, I use the included Chromecast audio receiver controlled by HiFi cast on my phone to play FLACs on my PC, and HDMI for CDs that i put in a blu-ray reader. Streamed FLACs and wired CDs sound so close that I cannot tell the differences. I compared the Bravia audio out with the one of a Chromecast audio, the Bravia sounds distinctly better.