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how did i live without ones of these things?? i have the duet hooked up to my onkyo tx 608 via toslink,sounds pretty good playing flac,any suggestions on a affordable DAC? and would it really improve the quality? also can the duet play a ripped dts 5.1 file? thanks for the help
lol,search is my friend,i'm a very happy customer!
In UK: rPi4 running LMS, Chromecast Audio Dongle and Chromecast Video Dongle attached to TV - Beresford DAC - Quad 77 Integrated Amp - AVI Neutron 4 Speakers - Sennheiser HD25 Headphones. Boom in Bedroom.
In Nicosia: LMS running on a small form factor Windows PC, Beresford DAC into Quad 405-2 and MB Quart 980s
In UK: rPi4 running LMS, Chromecast Audio Dongle and Chromecast Video Dongle attached to TV - Beresford DAC - Quad 77 Integrated Amp - AVI Neutron 4 Speakers - Sennheiser HD25 Headphones. Boom in Bedroom.
In Nicosia: LMS running on a small form factor Windows PC, Beresford DAC into Quad 405-2 and MB Quart 980s
Are you using any of the processing in your Onkyo? If so, remember that if you run an external DAC, you need to run an unprocessed path through your receiver (direct?), or you will end up having the receiver re-digitize, process, and then use its own DACs anyway. I believe this processing also includes the subwoofer crossover if you use a 2.1 mode from your AV receiver.
I have the Onkyo 608 and a SB3. I found the sound much more pleasant if I use the analog out instead of the digital on SB3.
If the Onkyo is using the internal DAC on both analog and digital input there should not be any sound difference?
All modes on the Onkyo includes subwoofer crossover except Pure and Direct.
SB Touch optical to Hegel H90, Speakers Larsen 4.2
Spare SB3
AirPlay Bridge to Audio Pro A10
Squeezelite-x connected to home LMS with ZeroTier One.
SB Radio
ReadyNAS 202
iPeng
yeah i'm using the t-link digital so that means that i'm using the onkyo's dac right,if i went analog it would be using logitech's dac?
Yes.
If tcutting is right it will be using Onkyo's anyway. But since I can hear difference between the two inputs I'm not so sure.
SB Touch optical to Hegel H90, Speakers Larsen 4.2
Spare SB3
AirPlay Bridge to Audio Pro A10
Squeezelite-x connected to home LMS with ZeroTier One.
SB Radio
ReadyNAS 202
iPeng
yeah i'm using the t-link digital so that means that i'm using the onkyo's dac right,if i went analog it would be using logitech's dac?
It would use both DAC's if receiving an analog input. Digital AVR's basically use their DAC, somewhere, for processing.
Some AVR's use some bypass paths like "Pure Direct" to limit the digital processing in the AVR. But then you loose things like bass management and eq/peq etc.. which are usually handled by a DSP, requiring digital processing.
Try both outs (analog & digital) from your SB player, see which you prefer. It is very easy to ABX compare audio on an AVR by simply using different input sources.
All SB3 and Touch audio outs are always active.
My SB3 into my Yamaha AVR I prefer the SB3's digital out utilizing the Yamaha's Burr-Brown DAC (SB3 uses a different Burr-Brown DAC).
My Touch into the same AVR I prefer the Touch's analog out.
one more quick question,my receiver light always stays red(booting up)i have a linksys e3200 router using ethernet and it also sees the receiver,everything seems to be working,web center sees my receiver,so does squeeze server,i can play music fine,if it isn't broke don't fix it?,lol,just curious as to why it's always red
The red LED sounds strange. If it works, you can leave it alone. If you want to try to fix it, you probably need to do a full reset of the receiver. That is as if it were new, and hold down button to get to fast-flashing RED. You need the controller (don't know if you need to do full reset/reconfig of controller too). OR, you could for sure reset the receiver and use net-udap tool to reconfigure the receiver network settings.
thanks tcutting,i think i might leave it alone,lol,when its in use it goes to light orange,i've gone through a couple of resets the other day when i was setting it up,still the constant red,no blinking,when i actually play a song it turns light orange,and when i power down my pc it turns blue,which is normal,wonder if the lights are screwed up on it,haha,oh well,all is good and couldn't be happier with my new gadget
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