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many a question to be answered

im relatively new to audio, so please do help as you can.

heres my setup:

xfi platinum (:/) connected to my receiver via glass optical & analog

rotel rsx-972

epos m15 loudspeakers

little lot II+ tube head amp

grado rs2s

any weak links? anything terribly suck? how come when i switch from analog to digital i hear extremely little, if any difference between the two? is the analog using the xfi's DACs and the digital using the rotel's?

if i were to get the x-meridian would it cause my xfi to crap pyramids?

also if i enable bit-matched playback, and send it through the optical cable, does my rotel convert it? and if through analog, then what? please any comments would really help.
cinnamonandgravy

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cinnamonandgravy OP
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so i figured out the whole bit-matched playback shmorgeshborg, and got my rotel the decode the audio instead of the xfi; pretty similar sound, but the rotel is a bit more open and natural. a bit annoying however to make direct comparisons thought as theres about a 5 dB difference between the two.

anyway, are there any really weak links in my system?

and also, does anyone heavily recommend the x-meridian?
cinnamonandgravy OP
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thanks kacz for having the balls to handle more than one question at a time. bit matched playback is in audio creation mode>>settings and under the playback square (it disables the equalizer, svm, and crystalizer automatically). i dont like the crystalizer anyway (although back at e3 creative demoed it to me and it sounded a bit of alright, but now ive grown tired of it), brings me a bit too close to the disco smile, sans the extented bass.

as for the kernel streaming via foobar2000, no i dont have that plugin. ive read about it but just havent taken the time to get it, but i want it. i dont even know what asio is.

ill try the coax output too, why not. dont know why thered be a difference, but ill get a cable and do it for fun.

and the dac1 has always looked sexy, but i havent the $1k :(
by connecting the xfi to the dac1, arent you bypassing the xfi's dacs anyway? or does it resample twice and just add to the goodness?
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