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Thread: DA question |
    
Bronze Member Username: Blazer
Post Number: 51
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Sunday, September 04, 2005 - 08:10 am: |
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Hello everyone:
I know that if I connect my cd player to my receiver via the analog connections that the cd player is doing the DA conversion. However, isn't the receiver converting the signal back to digital in order to apply base management (or surround modes for that matter)then back to analog to be sent to the speakers?
My thinking is: If that is true, why not just use a digital connection to avoid the extra conversion? Thanks for your help! |
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Bronze Member Username: Blazer
Post Number: 57
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Saturday, September 10, 2005 - 08:19 am: |
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I thought this was an easy one. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. |
Gold Member Username: Artk
Albany,
Oregon
USA
Post Number: 1621
Registered: Feb-05
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| Posted on Saturday, September 10, 2005 - 09:43 am: |
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The digital connection doesn't sound as good. Always use the analog connection for your cd player. |
Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 5601
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Saturday, September 10, 2005 - 10:39 am: |
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Blazer _ Haven't you heard? Digital is perfect and you can go back and forth and back and forth a gazillion times and it will always be just the same.
NOT!
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Gold Member Username: Petergalbraith
Rimouski,
Quebec
Canada
Post Number: 1405
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Saturday, September 10, 2005 - 11:15 am: |
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Blazer,
I use analog output, set the mains to large and the sub as get low frequencies below 40 Hz as well. Since the mains are set to large and the receiver set to a direct mode, I'm assuming that what is getting to them hasn't gone through additional DSPs.
I would have concerns such as yours if set them to small. Then you would be using both the CD player DACs and the receiver DACs. |
Bronze Member Username: Blazer
Post Number: 58
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Saturday, September 10, 2005 - 06:21 pm: |
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Thanks guys,
I think I will just set my front bookshelfs to large, set my sub to off, run a line level connection to the sub from the receiver's pre-outs, connect my front speakers to the sub's speaker level outs, and use the sub's LPF. I want to hook my cd player up via analog and also want to use my sub BUT don't want to use the receiver's DAC's to do so. I think this will accomplish that. |
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