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| Can an HDMI output be converted into something a USB input would accept? Thanks for the responses, folks -- I'm afraid this ship won't float. @whart you may be right, but the Cambridge tech support people said it was a "DSD" signal, so I assumed they meant unencrypted DSD -- you know what happens when you assume. It ... | |
| Can an HDMI output be converted into something a USB input would accept? Thanks Steve -- I tried that too, but no luck... | |
| Delta Sigma DACs That's true -- I don't know why, but the CXU only allows me to send DSD via HDMI, and not by Digital Coax. If I could take the DSD stream from the HDMI output of the CXU, and convert it to coax, I suppose I could feed that into the Benchmark and ... | |
| Delta Sigma DACs @angelwars I send the CXU Digital Coaxial Output to the Benchmark Coaxial Input, then use the RCA outputs from the Benchmark to my preamp. | |
| Delta Sigma DACs Thanks @angelwars, I appreciate the additional info, especially since I thought this post had died. Since the last post (before yours) I picked up an old Benchmark DAC (version 1), which made a real improvement in the CXU’s sound with both PCM and... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Selling England by the Pound (Genesis) — great start to the long weekend! | |
| Would you change your amp selection knowing...? Thanks for starting this thread-I had no idea that this was a potential issue with my system! I completely agree with @elizabeth that it is both the amp and cable manufactures’ responsibility to warn the public if there is a potential issue wi... | |
| Is an Async DAC Needed to Reduce Jitter when playing CDs? Agree with shadorne, no source is sending a jitter-free signal to the Dac. And aren't all decent DAC's manufactured these days asynchronous?It depends on what you call "decent", but by my standards, the answer is no. I'm considering a used NAD M... | |
| Streamer vs computer? Thanks Bob, I suspect you’re right — that the Bluenote’s digital output of a Redbook file may sound better through an Ayre DAC (or equivalent) than an MQA version of the same file from the Bluenote. However, until I can afford to spend $2000 on ... | |
| Streamer vs computer? Thanks @2psyop -- I agree the Ayre is a false comparison, given its price. I'm also going along with you on that Death Star thing. It sounds like everyone who is finding fault with MQA is either comparing it to a DAC I can't afford, or they have... | |
| Streamer vs computer? @willemj thanks, but you did not answer my question. In the online streaming world, what other choice is there? If your answer is just Redbook, I disagree. I have done many comparisons, and MQA wins (or at least ties) every time. | |
| Streamer vs computer? Thanks for your responses!@gdnrbob -- you are correct, I was talking about the Bluesound Node 2, not Bluenote. And yes, I can only get 24/96 from Tidal MQA's desktop app; the reason I'm looking at the Node 2 and other MQA DACs is so I can get 24/1... | |
| How can I tell if I need a better clock for my DAC? @headphonedreams and @melm — thanks for your posts — it sounds like my CXU could benefit from a reclocker; now I need to decide if the new clock will make more noticeable improvement than a better CDP or DAC... or MCP decoder, or whatever. Will th... | |
| Delta Sigma DACs I’m afraid you’re stuck with Redbook layer. Your Cambridge CXU can output digital only as S/Pdif and this format won’t work for SACD.I don't think that's correct; where did you read that? The Cambridge site says it plays, among other things, SA... | |
| Delta Sigma DACs Thanks everyone, that pretty much confirms what I thought. Now here's the rub: I have a Cambridge CXU that I bought to play my CDs, and to play any SACDs and HDCDs I might want to add to my collection. It has an onboard DAC with 5 Wolfson WM87... |