I have a superb DAC (Line Magnetic 502ca) with RCA output. Can I somehow use the RCA output from my DAC and BYPASS the internal Vanatoo DAC?
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No. I spoke with a Vanatoo engineer about this a few months ago. The speakers have what can be described as a digital amplifier, so any analog input will be converted to digital by the Vanatoo DAC. Anecdotally, the engineer said that customers are doing with audiophile-ish external DACs and are happy with the result i.e. the customers report hearing the good bits from their DACs through the speakers. Your mileage may vary of course. As you can tell from my terminology, I'm not an audio engineer -- just passing on what I heard.
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No. The Vanatoos do not have a conventional DAC. You can probably find an explanation of this elsewhere, but the "DAC" is actually the class D amplifier itself, which creates an analog signal by rapid switching, and this signal is then filtered (for noise) and sent to the speaker driver. If you use an external DAC, the Vanatoos will convert the analog signal back to digital at 24-bit/48kHz with a high-quality ADC before sending it to the amp. It will still most likely sound great, but your DAC will be redundant at best, and could introduce a little bit of extra quantization noise (though at 24-bit, it would certainly be inaudible). Probably the biggest advantage of the Vanatoos (aside from great efficiency for speakers of their size) is that the signal stays digital through basically the whole signal chain. More on the Vanatoos' technology here: http://www.vanatoo.com/audiospeak/class-d-amplifiers
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The DacMagic has digital inputs but no digital outputs. You run stereo analog cables from its output into either a dedicated headphone amp or a set of corresponding inputs on your receiver.
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It depends of the source. If you want to Digital to Analog from a USB or a toslink connection I would recommend Audioengine D1. I have several of their products and I really like the quality. I have an ARCAM rPac but the out put is RCA. If your headphones are Bluethoot the ARCAM rBlink seems to be a possible solution. All depends from your equipment (source and headphones).
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There is a balanced XLR input, a balanced 6.5mm TRS input, and similar balanced outputs. Getting RCA out would require an adapter or two, but it's doable. I built my own, but if I hadn't, I would look at HOSA products for a balanced-to-unbalanced adapter.
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Just RCA outputs. Would need a seperate HF amp that accepts RCA inputs. Topping DAC sounds sweet.
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from a power perspective, both the vali and magni can power your headphones quite well. they have a very different sound signature though. the magni is more neutral sounding, it doesn't add much coloration to the sound. the vali though, being a tube amp, will have a warmer sound signature. I do not own those headphones nor have I heard them. so I ask you, do you want a warmer or more neutral sound signature from the amp? honestly either way I think you'll be happy. ok how to hook them up...do you have rca outs from the computer? if so, just plug the red/white outs to the red/white ins on the amp, and turn your computer volume to max. set the amp volume low and adjust to preference. if you don't have rca out from the computer, get a simple headphone to rca splitter cable. the cable will have a 3.5mm headphone jack on one end, and two rca cables on the other end (red/white). plug the headphone jack end into the headphone jack in the computer, and the rca cables into the amp. again do the same with the volume as before. bam, done! ok I'd suggest adding a dac. I know I know more crap to deal with. but a good dac/amp really cleans up the signal from the computer. I run the schiit modi dac (and magni amp). I've listened to the magni amp plugged directly into the computer. its ok. plugging the modi and magni in was better. night and day better? probably not. noticeably better? yep! its something to think about. if you're new to the headphone game start with the amp alone and get used to it. see if you start noticing deficiencies in your sound, like computer noise, hiss, etc. if you do and its offensive, add a dac. hope this helps! ps - to hook up the dac and amp, it's easy. plug the dac into the computer via an available usb port. get a pair of rca cables (red/white) and hook them up from the dac to the amp. that's assuming you have independent units like the modi and magni or vali. they have all on one units and that's even easier. one usb cable. good luck!
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I'm using mine with a conventional component stereo system, no DAC. Mine is connected directly to my preamp. If you plan to use it with your computer, I think using a DAC between the computer and the Magni will really improve the sound, but I think the Magni will work without it.
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Well, no. This is an analog amp, so the rca out on any digital source is all that is required.If you have an unconverted digital source, then yes.
333818
No, it is not a DAC. It is a preamplifier so the USB is output only to your computer with software such as Audacity (free to download).
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I haven't used it as a connection to a Dac. Sorry. But my guess it will hold up.
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Yes. In my case it is connected to a stand alone DAC using a 75 ohm coaxial cable interconnect (S/PDIF). Works very well. You can also choose an optical connection (Toslink).
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I use it for my turntable and my computer but the computer needs a DAC, a tv should have white and red audio output for the amp.
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NO, there are no provisions on the controller or anywhere else to allow for mono output. Suggest instead, that you get a cheap Audio Mixer and configure that for MONO. Good luck
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Sorry, I dont know. I would have to research or contact RCA which Im sure you can do too.
379658
Yes.. connect the two RCA line outputs to your receiver or amplifier. They might me labeled as Line In 1, CD. Phone, etc. I was also confused with this deck as the documentation is not very clear. I am very satisfied with this unit as it performs very well with my high end components.
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Yes you can. The Ion Tape2PC has a stereo record input on the back of the unit. Depending on what you are using for the source of your CD (laptop, cd player etc) you would need to match the output (line out or headphone jack) cable to the rca input cable on the Ion unit.
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I asked Sonos support a somewhat similar question regarding using their DAC. If you don't care for the DAC in the Connect, you can always use the digital optical out on it (this bypasses its own internal DAC) and send it to whatever DAC you'd like for the conversion. Basically, as long as you aren't using any analog connection out, it stays digital and you can do whatever you'd like with it.