First and foremost greetings to all. After a long break Im posting several questions that Im sure will be an insightful topic of discussion...
In several instances, I have expressed in this forum my love and preference for analogue (vinyl) musical reproduction, however, during my holidays I had the chance to listen to the magic of Lyngdorf's 'room perfect' and now I am tempted to test the digitalization of my analogue system. Next week I will have Lyngdorf's preamp DPA-1 in my system, I will demo it for about a week and then, of course I will take what might the radical decision of acquiring it..... The curiosity has driven me to look for every information I could find in the net about the unit, but for some reason, none of my most important questions were addressed... I assume this questions can be applied to any digital amp or preamp in the market... 1. About the A/D conversion, are we talking 24bit-96mhz, 24-192, or...? does this mean that all my analogue content will be digitalized in high-resolution and if yes, how would this high-res will be played back? which brings me to the following question... 2. About the D/A conversion, what type of converters are we talking about? do they upsample? do they use the same resolution of the original input? how well implemented are the D/A converters.... 3. Would you use the Balanced Analogue out from the Transporter? or would you rather use a digital out? and why? and this question of-course refers back to the first one. 3.1 Hypothetically, if I use the digital out of the transporter to play a regular flac, all info will be kept 16bit, but if I use the analogue out, the lyngdorf will upsample the info and make it 24bit high-res, I assume some info will be lost in that process, but I leave it to you guys to help me understand what goes on.... Before this, for me digital was digital and analogue was analogue, two different worlds, now I am forced to think in a hybrid, I guess thats why I am a bit confused... Thanks in advance.... -- GuyDebord Kharma Ceramique 3.2FE's wired with v/d Hul Inspiration. AMPS: Pathos Classic One MKIII's in mono config. ANALOGUE: Clearaudio Ambient CMB, Satisfy Carbon & Lyra Helikon SL, ASR Basis Exclusive phono preamp, link: AcousticZen Silver Reference2 XLRs. DIGITAL: SlimDevices Transporter, link: WireWorld SilverEclipse 5.2. AC: PS Audio Power Plant Premier, Isotek MiniSub GII, Isotek Elite(MiniSub), PS Statement(PPP), ASR Magic Cord(ASR), Siltech SPX30 MKII's(Pathos) & v/d Hul Mainserver(Transporter). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GuyDebord's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14587 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58617
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