I did not know you could route a digital signal into an analog system like that.
The output (on your phone) is an analog output, which is why it can be sent to the analog inputs on the ARC.
Newbie question.
I have a pretty nice older system. I don’t know a lot about high end audio. I’m learning about flac files and am interested in trying that out. Trying not to spend any serious money since I don’t know what I’m doing yet. And I have a question that is probably pretty dumb.
My system consists of a nice older (10-15 years old) pre-amp and amp. I’m using a new Sony tuner/amp/receiver with pre-out connectors into the pre-amp to listen to the radio. It has a 1/8 jack input port. If I have flac files on my iPhone and route them through this 1/8 inch jack into the Sony and then into the pre-amp.....am I defeating the purpose of using a lossless file format?
My system consists of a nice older (10-15 years old) pre-amp and amp. I’m using a new Sony tuner/amp/receiver with pre-out connectors into the pre-amp to listen to the radio. It has a 1/8 jack input port. If I have flac files on my iPhone and route them through this 1/8 inch jack into the Sony and then into the pre-amp.....am I defeating the purpose of using a lossless file format?