terryd wrote: > Having overloaded on reading up and trying to work out the answer, could > one of you knowledgeable chaps (and chappeses) point me in the right > direction for the final decisions that I need to make please. > > I have the music stored on a NAS which is no problem, I feed the > Transporter via the ethernet network, again no problem as far as I can > tell and the Transporter appears to be doing a great job. I have been > using LMS for years, but I am currently trialling Roon. > > So the Transporter DAC has done its job, and my question is: do I feed > my Yamaha amp with a digital feed from the Transporter and use STRAIGHT > (through) mode on the Amp, or do I use the analogue feed from the > Transporter and also select STRAIGHT mode? > > I am guessing that the first option has to have some digital to analogue > conversion which will affect what the Transporter has already done(?) > and therefore feeding the amp with analogue signal will be best? Or do I > set up both on different inputs? > > The Yamaha Amp is the RX-A3060. > > Thanks in advance - Terry
First off, I don't claim to be "audiophile" so take my post with grain of salt... Your Yamaha appears to have significant DSP capabilities - it's billed as a "9.1" system. How do you plan to use this for "normal" stereo listening? Do you make use of a subwoofer? Are your "main" Left and Right speakers capable of full-range performance? Why I ask this is that, I believe, if you use ANY of the x.1 (or x.2?) modes (including 2.1, which means the AV receiver performs the crossover to create the L, R and SUB signals), then the AV receiver is in fact performing DSP - so if the input is analog (i.e., from the Transporter's DAC), then it will re-digitize, process, and then run through its own DAC's to create the final analog outputs. I believe if you operate the AV Receiver in "straight" mode, you will only get L + R outputs. For this reason, you may be better served providing a digital input to your AV amplifier (which means, however, you're not taking advantage of the Transporter's own DACs). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108091 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
