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Bypass The Fives Internal Dac?


wvuvt1

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There is some debate on other threads about being able to bypass the dac on the fives by using an external dac

 

My thinking is, If I have an external dac, say the blue sound node and use the analog inputs on the fives (like the phono input) how is this not bypassing the internal dac, the signal the fives are receiving is analog ?

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9 hours ago, wvuvt1 said:

There is some debate on other threads about being able to bypass the dac on the fives by using an external dac

 

My thinking is, If I have an external dac, say the blue sound node and use the analog inputs on the fives (like the phono input) how is this not bypassing the internal dac, the signal the fives are receiving is analog ?

 

Without a schematic it's impossible to know.  That said, it appears that the fives use DSP for crossover/equalization.  If that's the case, I would think that an analog signal would first need to be converted to digital, processed, then converted back to analog.  An input digital signal would not necessarily need the extra ADC step.

 

FYI, don't connect anything other than a turntable to the phono jacks.  A phono preamp is expecting the very low voltage generated by the phono cartridge which then gets amplified/corrected to a line level voltage.  Use the aux input for line level input signals, such as your DAC.

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2 hours ago, mboxler said:

 

Without a schematic it's impossible to know.  That said, it appears that the fives use DSP for crossover/equalization.  If that's the case, I would think that an analog signal would first need to be converted to digital, processed, then converted back to analog.  An input digital signal would not necessarily need the extra ADC step.

 

FYI, don't connect anything other than a turntable to the phono jacks.  A phono preamp is expecting the very low voltage generated by the phono cartridge which then gets amplified/corrected to a line level voltage.  Use the aux input for line level input signals, such as your DAC.

I could be wrong but on the back of the fives you can switch from phono to line, allowing an analog input other than a turntable? 

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1 hour ago, wvuvt1 said:

I could be wrong but on the back of the fives you can switch from phono to line, allowing an analog input other than a turntable? 

 

That's confusing but you may be right.  I assumed the switch dictated phone or aux.  The manual isn't very clear.

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