I asked an earlier question and received an answer. Thanks! Is it possible to hook the dac up to a subwoofer in place of a clean amplifier? Sorry I am not very knowledgeable about sound systems...trying to learn. Appreciate any help.
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First of all, this particular unit doesn't appear to have proper RCA analog outputs. It has a headphone jack, which would require an adapter to get real RCAs. Other units under the brand name Signstek or Zhilai have similarly very low prices as well as the RCA output jacks. Those jacks could be connected to a "powered subwoofer" (one with an internal amplifier). You know a subwoofer is a powered subwoofer if one of its requirements is a connection to an electrical outlet. If you search Amazon for "powered subwoofer", you'll see many.
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Couple ways to answer this question. 1) you're already running through the amp/mixer - why use a powered subwoofer? You can run a subwoofer from the main unit at the appropriate frequency 2) if you insist on using a powered sub, then I would do what the others stated below, monitor output
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Hello JT, I utilize the AudioEngine D1 DAC while testing these speakers and do not have a problem, they work great! Michael @ Kraft Street Audio
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I want to know why I can't get the sub-woofer to work.It stays on stand-by mode.It works when I run the set-up mode,but after that it goes back into stand-by mode.What's wrong?
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Are you trying to use this as an input to the Sub, or an output from the sub to the PA?I am using a RCA to 3.5 mm cable as input from another source to the sub, and then the sub's low level output to monitors, and that works fine. All of those are low level, though. If you are inputting TO the sub from the PA, i would think it would have to be non amplified signal or damage could occur. I'm not sure if the stereo link feature on that PA is low level or not.
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Dear John--Great!Although I am an electronic engineer, I never had installed a serious audio system until a few months ago. At the time, I was amazed that people with non-technical backgrounds were able to get their Surround Sound systems going, especially considering the sometimes inaccurate and usually incomplete instructions from the component manufacturers. I am thankful for this and other forums that help fill the information vacuum!Best Regards--Bill
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Hello, Thank you for your interest in our gear. The XDA-2 DAC is a great product, and is usually after the CD player in the signal path. Based on that, it has digital inputs (2 digital optical, 2 digital coaxial, 1 AES/ EBU, and 1 USB) and no analog inputs. So unfortunately you would not be able to run an analog input into the DAC. If your SACD player does have one of the digital ports, you can connect it out of the CD player into the XDA-2. If you are wanting to run the XDA-2 into the SACD player I am unaware if that is possible, you will need to check with your SACD player manufacture to confirm. Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns. I hope you have a great rest of the day.
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That foes not sound right. The DAC should not be cutting out an entire channel. It is not designed to do that. The only thing that comes to mind is that your connections are improperly seated. I would take this apart, possibly use different RCA connector cabling and a different TOSlink optical cable, but first, using what you have, just disassemble and reassemble, making sure you have proper fit. Rotate the cables to make sure they are making good contact on the metal.
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as long as your computer gets you a digital out, either coaxial or optical, then you can enter the dac , then from the dac to your amplifier with a very common rca (red + white) cable. If I may, go for the highest quality file format on spotify, not sure if you have flac there, or any other lossless format, but aim for the highest bit rate. This dac turns a great source into wonder, but won't turn highly compressed mp3 crap into musical heaven.
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I do not believe you can. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8R4Vemvhsc&sns;=em this is a good review and shows the connection options. Mine sounds like junk. It started to sound distorted or something about a month and a half in. My friend knows speakers and said the subwoofer is cheaply made and there is a lose connection so it keeps cutting out. I wouldnt buy.
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Hello Louise, Buy a sub that has Speaker level inputs and outputs on the back ( many polk, sony, bic etc. do). Simply install right and left speaker wires to the amp as you normally would for regular speakers. Then conect those wires to the r/l speaker INPUT on the back of the sub. Then run seperate wires from the r/l OUTPUT on sub to your speakers. Works and sounds great! Hope this helps. S
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I used an external DAC. You could also likely use an external sound card as well. It cost about $125 I think. I've been very pleased.
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I have Audioengine A5 speakers, with a subwoofer going through an Audioengine D1 DAC that I use with Airplay on a Mac. The sound is awesome and would highly recommend them. I do not own the A4 speakers and therefore cannot comment on how to deliver power to them.
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Yes, DAC out to AMP in, but remember, this DAC does not have volume knob so volume needs to be set in your computer.
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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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If you use the Coax out, you bypass the DAC. You'll get better results using the coax out if the next component in line has a better DAC than the uDac does. If not, it will be better to use the RCA out.
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Yes George, you can hook up a pre-amp or a DAC output in case you chose to use one in the path. Sources will be connected to Pre-Amp and Pre-Amp Stereo out (RCA) to Mini X-A100's RCA inputs. Unfortunately the Mini does not have an Optical Input or XLRs or another set of RCAs. I have not used a Pre-Amp, but a DAC and it sounds awesome. Have a Marantz and High end Pioneer AVR (SC-65) and this little $200 amp beats them both at least by a small margin.