DAC/Transporter

There are no settings in TP which can affect the quality of the output bitstream.
You can't use a word clock with Naim DAC as Naim DAC does not support slaving the transport or slaving itself to the transport. Because DAC uses a different philosophy to recover a clock from input bitstream.
Just connect TP to the DAC -- and this will be a top-notch combo for a penny.
One of the best sources I heard so far.

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Originally posted by AMA:
There are no settings in TP which can affect the quality of the output bitstream.
You can't use a word clock with Naim DAC as Naim DAC does not support slaving the transport or slaving itself to the transport. Because DAC uses a different philosophy to recover a clock from input bitstream.
Just connect TP to the DAC -- and this will be a top-notch combo for a penny.
One of the best sources I heard so far.

AMA

Dustysox was refering to setting on the Sueezebox Server not on the Transporter.

I can imagine Squeezebox Server might have all kinds of setting for transcodings.
Though my advice would be to leave everything untouched by Squeezebox so no degrading processing has to take place on the original digital files. I would make sure all music is stored in a lossless format that both Transporter can play and Squeezebox can stream so no transcoding is required.
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aleg

Hi,

Thank you for your help.

I have downloaded some HD music, on Transporter it shows it as 24 bit 48kHz. Should the HD light be on the DAC?

Every day's a school day..and with your help I would like to learn!!

Dustysox

If I remember correctly, the HD light will only switch for sampling rates > 48 kHz not just equal to 48 kHz.

If you are into classical you can find some nice HiRes free samples here http://www.2l.no/hires/index.html

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aleg

quote:

Originally posted by Dustysox:
Hi,

Thank you for your help.

I have downloaded some HD music, on Transporter it shows it as 24 bit 48kHz. Should the HD light be on the DAC?

Every day's a school day..and with your help I would like to learn!!

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Originally posted by Aleg:
Dustysox

If I remember correctly, the HD light will only switch for sampling rates > 48 kHz not just equal to 48 kHz.

If you are into classical you can find some nice HiRes free samples here http://www.2l.no/hires/index.html

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aleg

quote:

Originally posted by Dustysox:
Hi,

Thank you for your help.

I have downloaded some HD music, on Transporter it shows it as 24 bit 48kHz. Should the HD light be on the DAC?

Every day's a school day..and with your help I would like to learn!!

Cheers Aleg,

Finally got HD light on DAC working!!

On the audio settings for the Transporter, the ones to look out for are:

Crossfade
Effects Loop
Replay gain

All should be set to off/disabled/none or whatever is the obvious 'no thanks' option. These all mess about with the 'bit perfect ness'. You could also set the volume to 100% to remove the digital volume control.

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On the audio settings for the Transporter, the ones to look out for are:

Crossfade
Effects Loop
Replay gain

All should be set to off/disabled/none or whatever is the obvious 'no thanks' option. These all mess about with the 'bit perfect ness'. You could also set the volume to 100% to remove the digital volume control.

Agree. These all seem to be so natural that I start forgetting them
The short path to the best bitstream is 1. Not to change any factory settings, 2. Set volume up to 100%.