Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter XLR and RCA outs used simultaneously?

2008-05-08 Thread gregeas
Thanks Sean. I remember the Arcam engineer saying that the CD player was trying to power up the input stage of the integrated amp that was turned off, hence the massive distortion in the head amp. It's clearly not ideal to put two sets up outputs onto a source and then have them not perform prop

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter XLR and RCA outs used simultaneously?

2008-05-07 Thread seanadams
I am guessing that the CD player had only a single output driver circuit for both connectors, and furthermore that the speaker amplifier had a relay muting circuit on its input that shorts the inputs when it is powered off. Both are questionable design choices, especially the relay muting. If requ

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter XLR and RCA outs used simultaneously?

2008-05-07 Thread gregeas
I now have my Transporer's XLR outs connected to my speaker amp, while the RCAs are connected to a headphone amp. Will this cause problems? Do both amps need to be powered on when the Transporter is on? I ask because a while back I had an Arcam CD player with two sets of RCA outputs connected