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post #1 of 8
1/13/11 at 12:09pm
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I'm interested in buying this in the future, but this will/could be my first Dac so there's a few questions

 

I have a X-fi XtremeMusic sound card, I done research and know that the mic jack can be switched to a digital output and

then a 3.5mm mono to Coax (female) adapter or cable (Coax male) should do the Trick, is this correct?

 

I want to use this as a Dac-Only as I already own a AMB Mini^3 and wanna use that as my amplifier, how can this be done?

 

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post #2 of 8
1/13/11 at 7:12pm

The uDac and uDac2 are USB dacs and only accept a digital signal from the USB out of the computer- no need to interface with your sound card. Run USB cable from computer to the uDac and then run a pair of interconnects to the AMB Mini^3.

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post #3 of 8
1/13/11 at 11:32pm
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Originally Posted by MadMike View Post

The uDac and uDac2 are USB dacs and only accept a digital signal from the USB out of the computer- no need to interface with your sound card. Run USB cable from computer to the uDac and then run a pair of interconnects to the AMB Mini^3.



I have read about that, I just remembered right after I posted. but how can use it as a Dac-Only for my amp?

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post #4 of 8
1/14/11 at 2:27am

Read the second part of Mike's post. USB from Computer to DAC, interconnects from DAC to Mini3.
 

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Originally Posted by MadMike View Post

The uDac and uDac2 are USB dacs and only accept a digital signal from the USB out of the computer- no need to interface with your sound card. Run USB cable from computer to the uDac and then run a pair of interconnects to the AMB Mini^3.



I have read about that, I just remembered right after I posted. but how can use it as a Dac-Only for my amp?

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post #5 of 8
1/14/11 at 12:08pm
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 Well that's pretty much any Computer > Dac > Amp connection, My interconnect is a 3.5mm stereo cable, the uDac will ampilify that signal before it reaches my Mini3, is there a way to turn off the amplification or do I have to use one of the back connections? and if so what kind of cable would I need?
 

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Read the second part of Mike's post. USB from Computer to DAC, interconnects from DAC to Mini3.
 

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Originally Posted by Fortgammon View Post



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Originally Posted by MadMike View Post

The uDac and uDac2 are USB dacs and only accept a digital signal from the USB out of the computer- no need to interface with your sound card. Run USB cable from computer to the uDac and then run a pair of interconnects to the AMB Mini^3.



I have read about that, I just remembered right after I posted. but how can use it as a Dac-Only for my amp?


 

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post #6 of 8
1/14/11 at 3:00pm

The uDac has DAC output RCAs on the back.

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post #7 of 8
1/14/11 at 3:04pm

Yup, for me it's comp > uDAC-2 > Valhalla > cans

 

I'm using these cables but there's lots of options out there...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006DPQ1Y/ref=oss_product


 

 

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The uDac has DAC output RCAs on the back.

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post #8 of 8
1/14/11 at 7:07pm
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oh alright, now how would I go about on a cable selection? Mini^3 only takes 3.5mm stereo would a RCA to 3.5mm cable work?

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Originally Posted by Slaughter View Post

The uDac has DAC output RCAs on the back.



 

these are nice cables, hope I would end up paying nearly as much tough lol
 

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Originally Posted by WNBC View Post

Yup, for me it's comp > uDAC-2 > Valhalla > cans

 

I'm using these cables but there's lots of options out there...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006DPQ1Y/ref=oss_product


 

 

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Originally Posted by Slaughter View Post

The uDac has DAC output RCAs on the back.


 
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