CS DAC in RSP 1098 & optical digital MacBook

[sirbogey]

Is it correct to assume that my MacBook can be hooked up to the RSP 1098 thru optical digital (Toslink to MiniPlug) wire and the sound will be directly decoded thru 1098's Crystal Semiconductor's 24 bit/192kHz DAC without the need of another external DAC.

any thoughts. :T

[mjb]

yes.

[thezone]

Is it correct to assume that my MacBook can be hooked up to the RSP 1098 thru optical digital (Toslink to MiniPlug) wire and the sound will be directly decoded thru 1098's Crystal Semiconductor's 24 bit/192kHz DAC without the need of another external DAC.

any thoughts. :T

Can I assume that this is the same for my RSP-1069? Is this thru the ethernet connection? Also what software would you need to use? Can you do this with a pc?

Sorry for the barrage of questions.

[jalyra]

It is the same for the RSP-1069 or any other receiver with digital input.

It is not thru the ethernet connection, but thru the headphones out, in the MacBook it has the double function of S/PDIF out, you just need the miniplug to Toslink converter.

You don't need any special software for doing this in the Mac. In the PC it depends on the specific hardware for the audio card.

[thezone]

It is the same for the RSP-1069 or any other receiver with digital input.

It is not thru the ethernet connection, but thru the headphones out, in the MacBook it has the double function of S/PDIF out, you just need the miniplug to Toslink converter.

You don't need any special software for doing this in the Mac. In the PC it depends on the specific hardware for the audio card.

Thanks for the reply, why wouldn't you just use s/pdif out on the motherboard/audio card for this purpose?

[sirbogey]

because of the sound quality...