stereo streaming with only 2 nrf5340 audio dk instead of 3

[assegid]

I have managed to use 3 nrf5340 audio DKs one configured as Gateway and the other two as left and right headsets to stream stereo audio. My question is, what do I need to do to configure only one nrf5340 audio dk to receive stereo and hear the stereo stream through the headphone jack? it seems to me it should be easy to modify one of the provided examples to accomplish this, but I could not do it. Can you help me?

[ace.johnny]

The nRF5340 Audio DK's CS47L63 DAC is a mono device, and is only wired to the Left channel of the TRS headphone connector. While you can transmit stereo audio over BLE using just 2 ADKs, you will have to connect and configure a separate stereo DAC to actually hear both channels.

[assegid]

Thanks. Do you know Nordic's reason for using a mono decoder to connect to a stereo headphone jack? I was surprised to find that is the case after digging through the documents. Earlier, I had used the Ask AI and the answer it came up with is below.

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Please note that the application implements stereo by using two kits for left and right output. You can modify the application to be able to stream stereo by combining the left and right channel after encoding and before sending the audio. In the application code, the combination needs to be done before streamctrl_encoded_data_send() is called in the encoder_thread().

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Is there a Nordic recommended stereo decoder module l can use on the connector to which I can plug earphones and receive stereo playback?