tcutting wrote: > First off, I don't claim to be "audiophile" so take my post with grain > of salt... > > Your Yamaha appears to have significant DSP capabilities - it's billed > as a "9.1" system. How do you plan to use this for "normal" stereo > listening? Do you make use of a subwoofer? Are your "main" Left and > Right speakers capable of full-range performance? Why I ask this is > that, I believe, if you use ANY of the x.1 (or x.2?) modes (including > 2.1, which means the AV receiver performs the crossover to create the L, > R and SUB signals), then the AV receiver is in fact performing DSP - so > if the input is analog (i.e., from the Transporter's DAC), then it will > re-digitize, process, and then run through its own DAC's to create the > final analog outputs. > I believe if you operate the AV Receiver in "straight" mode, you will > only get L + R outputs. For this reason, you may be better served > providing a digital input to your AV amplifier (which means, however, > you're not taking advantage of the Transporter's own DACs).
agree. I wouldn't use analog out from Transporter unless I was sure there was a yamaha BYPASS option that did not use the yamaha DSP at all. *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
