terryd wrote: > Having overloaded on reading up and trying to work out the answer, could > one of you knowledgeable chaps (and chappeses) point me in the right > direction for the final decisions that I need to make please. > > I have the music stored on a NAS which is no problem, I feed the > Transporter via the ethernet network, again no problem as far as I can > tell and the Transporter appears to be doing a great job. I have been > using LMS for years, but I am currently trialling Roon. > > So the Transporter DAC has done its job, and my question is: do I feed > my Yamaha amp with a digital feed from the Transporter and use STRAIGHT > (through) mode on the Amp, or do I use the analogue feed from the > Transporter and also select STRAIGHT mode? > > I am guessing that the first option has to have some digital to analogue > conversion which will affect what the Transporter has already done(?) > and therefore feeding the amp with analogue signal will be best? Or do I > set up both on different inputs? > > The Yamaha Amp is the RX-A3060. > > Thanks in advance - Terry
I'd connect Analog out from Transporter to the Yamaha, assuming the yamaha has a way of bypassing it's own DAC (is that the Straight mode?) *Home:* VortexBox 4TB (2.4) > LMS 7.9.1 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.4) > LMS 7.9.1 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win8(64) > LMS 7.9.1 > Squeezelite *Spares:* Transporter, Touch(3), Radio(3), Boom, SB3, CONTROLLER *Controllers:* iPhone6 & iPadAir2 (iPeng & Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win10(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=108091 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
