[SlimDevices: Beginners] Anyone Using Transporter As a "Pre-Amp" Solution; Is It Possible?

[cliveb]

JoeLR;304311 Wrote: 
> Oh, o.k., thanks...  My TV only has a digital coax out (I think), no
> optical..  Sorry for the noob question, but is the Coax S/PDIF input of
> the TP the same as  digital coax?  It'll accept a digital coax cable so
> I could hook my TV to the TP for audio?  The rest would work as my
> settop box & current DVD player have optical outs...
The TP has two COAX SPDIF inputs: RCA and BNC. They are electrically
the same, just have different sockets. And yes, they are "digital
COAX". THe XLR input can also be configured to receive SPDIF. So the TP
has three "digital COAX" inputs.

However, it sounds as if you want to use two optical sources (settop
box & DVD player). The TP has only one optical input, so you couldn't
do that.

Bottom line - TP has four digital inputs: one optical and three COAX.
If you have more than one source which has ONLY optical, then you'll
need some additional switching. If you have no more than four digital
sources, and can get COAX SPDIF out of at least three of them, you're
good to go (but you may need some RCA-BNC and/or RCA-XLR adaptors).

JoeLR;304311 Wrote: 
> I'm thinking of buying a Cambridge 840A integrated amp.  Looking at a
> pic of the TP bck panel right now, I'm assuming I'd connect the amp to
> the TP using standard RCA cables from the amp's pre-out into the analog
> outputs of the TP, right?
No. You can't connect an output to an output. You'd connect the TP's
analogue output to an INPUT on the Cambridge. I note that it has a
balanced input, which is the obvious one to use with the TP.

In any case, if you're planning to use the TP as a digital preamp, you
don't need an integrated amp, just a power amp, thereby avoiding the
preamp stage of an integrated. Cambridge make an 840W power amp. Maybe
it's cheaper than the integrated?


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cliveb

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