mowntnbkr Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 As the question states. I know a DAC is a digital to analog converter. I am looking for practical applications between the 2 and how they would relate vs. each other or a CD player and what is the advantage of one over the other. THanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 I'll take a stab at it... If your CD has a digital out as mine does, then you can either plug into the analog outputs and feed those into your preamp at which point your cd player is acting like....well.... a cd player [^o)] If on the other hand, you plug your digital out into a digital input like I've done and your preamp is the unit that is actually doing the decoding, then your cd player is only providing "bits" to your preamp (decoder) and as such, is only operating as a 'transport' to spin your disk. I think that's the deal Advantages/disadvantages? Call me clueless.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest " " Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 DAC = typically refers to an external stand alone device which only has the function of converting digital signals to analog signals that can be sent to RCA connections. Transport = typically refers to a device whose only function is to convert the information stored on a CD or DVD to digital signals which may be sent to a optical or coax output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowntnbkr Posted September 30, 2008 Author Share Posted September 30, 2008 So I guess there is no real advantage to going that route seeing as I have a Marantz SA-8001 being fed to a EAD preamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest " " Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 The spec's for your SA-8001 look real good. You can spend 5K on a transport and 7K on a DAC, will it knock your socks off, probally not. Sidebar 1: SpecificationsDescription: Single-box, fixed-output, two-channel SACD playerwith remote control. Formats played: SACD, CD, CD-R, CD-RW. D/Aconversion: 24 bits/192kHz. Analog outputs: 1 pair RCA (unbalanced),one ¼" headphone out (with level adjustment). Digital outputs: coaxialS/PDIF, TosLink S/PDIF. Analog output levels: 2.3V RMS, SACD and CD.Frequency responses: 2Hz–50kHz (SACD), 2Hz–20kHz (CD). Dynamic ranges:112dB (SACD), 100dB (CD). THD: 0.001% (SACD), 0.002% (CD). Channelseparation: not provided. Jitter: not provided. Power consumption: 20W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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