Bel canto DAC 2


I just got a Bel Canto DAC 2 and maybe I should've done more research on this. It looks as though you feed this a 16/44 signal and it "upsamples" this to 24/192. However, what if I'm feeding it 24/48, will it upsample that as well? Or for that matter, can I even feed this anything other than 16/44? Sure hope I can. Once I get the rest of my gear I'll be able to experiment with this. Thanks for any insight.
john2525
John,

the DAC2 user manual/guide is available here:
http://www.belcantodesign.com/pdfs/UG_DAC2.pdf

I have a gut feeling that you can feed it a 24/96 signal, say, from a Monarchy 24/96 DIP unit & it will accept that signal just fine.
I've not personally tried feeding it a DVD-A 24/96 signal so I cannot say for sure w.r.t. this.
I just hooked up my Bel Canto PL-2 (digi-out) into the DAC 2 and I'm getting the red light, meaning it's not reading the digital signal. No problems with 16bit - green lights all the time. The 24 bit disc is in dvd-a format. Reads and plays fine through the RCA analog outs, just not through the digital out on the PL-2. Shouldn't be any copyrights or anything as I burned this myself. So perhaps the DAC 2 cannot accept a 24bit signal? Hard to tell just by reading the manual. But it says it can play 24/96 DAD recordings. Is this different than DVD-audio? My dvd-audio disc is 24/48.
A regular dac will not work with SACD or DVD audio discs. You have to use your analog outs.
John2525: Does the DAC 2 provide an improvement for CDs over the analog outputs of the PL-2? I am going to try a PL-2 and was hoping the PL-2 would be good enough as is and not need an outboard DAC. I would think the analog outputs of the PL-2 would sound very close to the PL-2 going through a DAC 2.
I haven't had much of a chance as of yet to do an honest comparison. But I will in time. I got the DAC 2 more so for other digital sources I have, such as the PC, DAT, other hard drive recorders. Also, I like playing dvd-audio discs which will not output a digital signal from the PL-2. So far, I'm very satisfied with the analog outputs on the pl-2 > Cayin A-70T > VR2's