I hope I can explain this clearly:
I have acquired a DAC for my hifi which I want to use for my stereo music listening as it provides higher quality replay than the 1066. I will connect my source to the DAC digitaly, then connect the lineouts of the DAC to the 1066 (in effect just using it as a volume control).
The problem is my DAC only has coaxial in, whereas my source (pc, in fact) only has optical out.
So this is what I have done but can't quite understand why it works! I have connected my PC to my 1066 with an optical cable. I have then taken a coaxial out from the 1066 to the input of my DAC (in essence, using the 1066 as an optical to coaxial convertor), and then connected the line outs of my DAC to the spare tuner inputs on the 1066. Hey presto, as long as I have the appropriate digital input selected on the 1066, when I select the tuner input it works! In other words, it appears that the digital input and output work independently of the analogue circuitry, and even when an analogue source is selected, the digital ins and outs keep on working in the background.
Have I understood this right? Also, is there any digital jiggery pokery going on inside the 1066 when it converts the optical signal to electrical (eg upsampling, or any potential degradation of signal), or is the signal completely unadulterated?
Hope I'm clear!
I have acquired a DAC for my hifi which I want to use for my stereo music listening as it provides higher quality replay than the 1066. I will connect my source to the DAC digitaly, then connect the lineouts of the DAC to the 1066 (in effect just using it as a volume control).
The problem is my DAC only has coaxial in, whereas my source (pc, in fact) only has optical out.
So this is what I have done but can't quite understand why it works! I have connected my PC to my 1066 with an optical cable. I have then taken a coaxial out from the 1066 to the input of my DAC (in essence, using the 1066 as an optical to coaxial convertor), and then connected the line outs of my DAC to the spare tuner inputs on the 1066. Hey presto, as long as I have the appropriate digital input selected on the 1066, when I select the tuner input it works! In other words, it appears that the digital input and output work independently of the analogue circuitry, and even when an analogue source is selected, the digital ins and outs keep on working in the background.
Have I understood this right? Also, is there any digital jiggery pokery going on inside the 1066 when it converts the optical signal to electrical (eg upsampling, or any potential degradation of signal), or is the signal completely unadulterated?
Hope I'm clear!
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