Golden Earring wrote: > Hi Gary! > > As I've previously mentioned, I am currently using the AES digital > interface to connect my Transporter to my Mytek Brokkly DAC (due credit > to Wombat here) although I could use the s/pdif if I chose (I didn't > because that's the only digital output available on my TV, similarly my > Blu-ray player only has Toslink & the compact Brokkly only has one of > each. Plus a USB2 input which apparently supports up to 32bit/384kHz PCM > & also DSD256 were one able to locate any such source of known > provenance - obviously the Squeezebox line won't do any of this either - > and were it deemed possible that any audible sound quality improvement > could possibly result from so doing). I am however slaving the > Transporter to the Brokkly's word clock out (which it has been accepted > by me already was not put there with the expectation of a Transporter > being slaved to it, but rather for recording studio applications) which > should put the DAC firmly in control of the timing of any digital output > of my TP. > > In the absence of Mr Adams can anyone advise what particular detrimental > effect, if any, the stated design limitations of the AES specifications > are likely to cause with my set-up as just described. My personal > listening experience using the AES link has so far been wholly positive, > although I acknowledge that some members firmly state that this can only > be down to my own subjective expectations and that the Transporter > analogue XLR outputs (to which the design defects do not of course > apply) should sound audibly identical, when level-matched. I have been > unable to detect any audible strain placed upon any component in the > chain in my current set-up but could potentially ABX test the AES vs > s/pdif if anyone has a remaining objection. > > Am I not now simply passing a stream of 0's & 1's? I don't understand > what exactly is capable of going wrong (natural disasters, lightening > strike & other external factors excluded, of course, I've encountered > Murphy's Law before... ). What am I missing here? > > Dave :)
Unfortunately I don't have enough technical expertise in the area to provide any answers to your questions. My uneducated belief, with no evidence, is that there is no connection method possible with the standard Transporter inputs and outputs that makes a bit of difference in the ultimate audio I'm hearing (assuming something is not broken of course). *Home:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.9 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.3) > LMS 7.9 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win8(64) > LMS 7.9 > Squeezelite *Spares:* Transporter, Touch(3), Radio(3), Boom, SB3, CONTROLLER *Controllers:* iPhone6 & iPadAir2 (iPeng & Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win8(64) laptop *Files:* ripping: dbpoweramp > FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; Streaming: Spotify ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106519 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
