Digital front end questions

Joules · 21st December 2004, 11:09 PM

This may be a dumb question - I know little a bout digital at this point.
Would it be possible to take the digital out put from a CD transpot ( such as this one - My CD-Transport project -) and run it in to a digital input on a digital Xover such as the Behringer or DEQX . So as to use the DSP and DAC in th Xover.

Joules · 22nd December 2004, 06:34 PM

No one knows !!?? Hmmmm - I guess I'm not as dumb as I thought.

tiroth · 22nd December 2004, 06:45 PM

Yes. It works fine. The DCX only has AES/EBU input, so you will need to modify cable and/or transformed impedence.

Joules · 22nd December 2004, 10:11 PM

Thanks Tiroth

audio-kraut · 23rd December 2004, 12:13 AM

1. yes, you can connect the deq directly to a cd player. You might connect it using rac one side, xlr on the other side - but you should use 110 ohm cable. A regular rca interconnect (around 50 ohm or lower)
can work - it did so with my micromega, but might not - as it did with my philips 963.
The wiring diagram is sketches in the deq manual.

You can use also the tosalink optical input of the deq.

But - what do you use as a volume control - or is the output of your cd player attenuable in the digital domai? Not a good idea, because by digitally attenuating you cut down on the bits the unit transfers.

Better a volume control between the deq and the following amp.

21st December 2004, 11:09 PM	#1
Joules diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Manassas virginia usa	Digital front end questions This may be a dumb question - I know little a bout digital at this point. Would it be possible to take the digital out put from a CD transpot ( such as this one - My CD-Transport project -) and run it in to a digital input on a digital Xover such as the Behringer or DEQX . So as to use the DSP and DAC in th Xover.

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22nd December 2004, 06:34 PM	#2
Joules diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Manassas virginia usa	No one knows !!?? Hmmmm - I guess I'm not as dumb as I thought.

22nd December 2004, 06:45 PM	#3
tiroth diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA	Yes. It works fine. The DCX only has AES/EBU input, so you will need to modify cable and/or transformed impedence.

22nd December 2004, 10:11 PM	#4
Joules diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Manassas virginia usa	Thanks Tiroth

23rd December 2004, 12:13 AM	#5
audio-kraut diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: 12km off the alaska highway in northern BC	1. yes, you can connect the deq directly to a cd player. You might connect it using rac one side, xlr on the other side - but you should use 110 ohm cable. A regular rca interconnect (around 50 ohm or lower) can work - it did so with my micromega, but might not - as it did with my philips 963. The wiring diagram is sketches in the deq manual. You can use also the tosalink optical input of the deq. But - what do you use as a volume control - or is the output of your cd player attenuable in the digital domai? Not a good idea, because by digitally attenuating you cut down on the bits the unit transfers. Better a volume control between the deq and the following amp.

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