[SlimDevices: Beginners] Muddy in the middle

[jeffmeh]

Pale Blue Ego;274456 Wrote: 
> If you're sending the analog (RCA) output of the SB to the Pioneer, the
> receiver may be re-digitizing the signal.  That would mean a path
> like:
> 
> digital (files) --> analog (SB DAC) --> digital (Pioneer re-digitizes)
> --> analog (Pioneer DAC).
> 
> If you send a digital (optical or coaxial) signal to the pioneer, your
> path would be:
> 
> digital (files) --> analog (Pioneer DAC)
> 
> The digital connection should be a lot cleaner.

Or if the Pioneer has a "direct mode" that will bypass the ADC then
DAC, you may want to try that, comparing the SB3's DAC to the Pioneer's
DAC.


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