will there be any processing done ?

[amateur]

Hello all,

In this chain ,

SONY dvd player -> DAC ->Denon 1610->Speakers.

will Denon again do any processing on the output from DAC or it will just amplify and feed to speakers ? I don't want to invest on a separate stereo amp or separate CD player rather thinking of buying a DAC such as CA's dacmagic or MF's M1DAC.

thanks.

 

[Sunderpalanivel]

If you set the denon in direct / pure mode, it will not do any processing

 

[marsilians]

Hello all,

In this chain ,

SONY dvd player -> DAC ->Denon 1610->Speakers.

will Denon again do any processing on the output from DAC or it will just amplify and feed to speakers ? I don't want to invest on a separate stereo amp or separate CD player rather thinking of buying a DAC such as CA's dacmagic or MF's M1DAC.

thanks.

Short answer - yes.
Long answer - you can tweak around the settings on receiver to minimise this and more importantly wont hear much difference thereafter unless you are using a super hifi system.

 

[amateur]

interesting, I thought it shouldn't/wouldn't do any after the output from DAC.

 

[Sunderpalanivel]

interesting, I thought it shouldn't/wouldn't do any after the output from DAC.

It does NOT do any processing if you set the AVR in pure or direct mode

 

[amateur]

thanks, even if DAC is missing it wouldn't do any processing in pure/direct mode right ? I was wondering why /what processing (apart from amplification) it would do though the digital signals are converted to analog by DAC and fed to A/V receiver

 

[Sunderpalanivel]

If you dont set it to pure or direct mode , the AVR will convert it to Digital and then convert it back to Analog before amplifying

 

[venkatcr]

I am sorry guys, but if the OP is taking analog out from the DAC and connecting it to the Denon, what processing is done, and where?

Amateur, if you connect the analog out from the DAC to the Denon, there is no processing. The sound is just amplified and played.

Cheers

 

[amateur]

Precisely this is my understanding, I want to confirm on this from experts on this forum. This justifies for me the need of a DAC instead of dedicated 2 channel amp and dedicated CD player.

thank you so much for clarifying.

 

[amateur]

Probably I should have made it clear that analog out is what I will be taking out of DAC ( which I thought is implicit as very much the need of DAC is to do the conversion and feed the analog to denon 1610).

thanks all.

 

[venkatcr]

Probably I should have made it clear that analog out is what I will be taking out of DAC ( which I thought is implicit as very much the need of DAC is to do the conversion and feed the analog to denon 1610

I have yet to come across a DAC that has a digital out.

Cheers

 

[amateur]

Isn't audiolab's m-dac also has digital out ?

 

[venkatcr]

Isn't audiolab's m-dac also has digital out ?

Yes, it does!! But for the life of me I cannot understand the need for a secondary D to A processing. Audioloab says it sends a re-clocked and jitter attenuated signal.

Cheers

 

[amateur]

true, I also couldn't understand the need of it.

 

[adie]

No point in AVR doing an ADC and then again DAC. If input signal is digital to AVR it does processing . If its pure audio AVR does not do any digital processing it just does amplification. In pure direct mode AVR shuts down video related and digital circuits and only Amplifier mode is on , so that interference is minimised.