garym;651696 Wrote:
> The link you sent has a link to the manual for the receiver. It has
> what it calls a "direct" mode for stereo but the description ("shortest
> path" as "close to the original") is not 100% clear. If "direct"
> bypasses the DAC in the pioneer (which is what I *think* the manual is
> saying), this is what you want when you use analog out from the
> Transporter. And of course you'll be using RCA connects. But you can
> also use a S/PDIF cable (or optical) from the transporter and connect
> this to digital in on your receiver. BOTH the analog out and digital
> out on the Transporter are "on" at the same time. So you could A/B both
> approaches easily enough with the receiver.
Not sure with this amp, but in my former one (Marantz--no DAC) all the
"direct" mode did was bypass the tone and balance controls.
--
rgro
Rick
System information
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Main: PS Audio Quintet > Vortexbox > Touch (wired) via spdif coax >
Rega DAC > LFD LE IV amp > VA Mozart Grands > REL Acoustics R305.
Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) > Pioneer VSX 919 > Energy Take 5 Classic
5.1.
SBS 7.6.0 r32859 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.9. Touch
w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.6 r9458. Duet: FW 77 r9458.
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