Hello everybody
After very long research, I have now put together my chain so far.
- Rega Planar 6 with Excalibur Black + Photo Preamp + MiniDSP SHD + Purifi 4 channel amp + DIY 2-way active with Purifi 6.5 midwoofer and Bliesma T34A tweeter
The plus point here is that the miniDSP can also stream Tidal and Qobuz. Although I also thought of a DIY solution for the DSP, namely a miniDSP 2x8 HD board with RasberyPi as a streamer. It would even be possible to operate 4 ways in stereo.
With the whole active history of miniDSP, however, I have a question, the mini DSP itself can only work internally at 96kHz, i.e. every signal above it will downsample. In this context it makes little sense to play audio files with 192kHz, or am I wrong. Of course, it would be more logical to use a DSP, which internally processes 192 kHz and does not do newnsamopln. But I haven't found anything like that.
Of course, there is also the question of the analog signal from the turntable. If this goes through the DSP, then of course analog is converted into digital + DSP and back again via DAC to the amplifier. I have to consider whether this is good for the analog signal: the double conversion from AD to DA. But with an active concept there is no getting around converting the analog signal from AD to DA.
Therefore I would be interested in your opinion and whether something like this has already been realized.
Thank you and best regards
Alexander
After very long research, I have now put together my chain so far.
- Rega Planar 6 with Excalibur Black + Photo Preamp + MiniDSP SHD + Purifi 4 channel amp + DIY 2-way active with Purifi 6.5 midwoofer and Bliesma T34A tweeter
The plus point here is that the miniDSP can also stream Tidal and Qobuz. Although I also thought of a DIY solution for the DSP, namely a miniDSP 2x8 HD board with RasberyPi as a streamer. It would even be possible to operate 4 ways in stereo.
With the whole active history of miniDSP, however, I have a question, the mini DSP itself can only work internally at 96kHz, i.e. every signal above it will downsample. In this context it makes little sense to play audio files with 192kHz, or am I wrong. Of course, it would be more logical to use a DSP, which internally processes 192 kHz and does not do newnsamopln. But I haven't found anything like that.
Of course, there is also the question of the analog signal from the turntable. If this goes through the DSP, then of course analog is converted into digital + DSP and back again via DAC to the amplifier. I have to consider whether this is good for the analog signal: the double conversion from AD to DA. But with an active concept there is no getting around converting the analog signal from AD to DA.
Therefore I would be interested in your opinion and whether something like this has already been realized.
Thank you and best regards
Alexander