Recoveryone;165702 Wrote: > I have a simuliar question, I have ordered the SB3 and I am interest in > the difference in the analog outputs vs the optical one. I have a > Pioneer elite VSX-81TX that has the ability to re-assemble WMA9 coded > music, but it needs to be optically connect. Not all of my music is in > this format (mainly Mp3) but I want to get the best sound using my > system.
You made the mistake of saying you want the best sound possible, so I'm afraid you'll have to re rip as much of the music to FLAC as you care to listen to under this caveat. Then you'll have to decide if you like the digital or analog out. Plug the Sb3 analog outs to one input and if possible set the receiver to 'bypass mode' or 'analog direct' for that input (to avoid analog to digital conversion). Hopefully this will allow you to listen to the sound of the DAC inside the Sb3, which is the only way to decide if the analog or digital out is better. The advantage of the digital out (which can be hooked up simultaneously) is that the signal will remain pure, and the receiver will be able to do the signal processing you paid for before the information is converted to analog. -- Skunk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31076 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
