Nayanovmax
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I understand perfectly, Denafrips Avatar is not able to output DSD via I2S, Coax, Toslink due to copying restrictions? All of his PCM findings?
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It is CD player, it does not read SACD disks.I understand perfectly, Denafrips Avatar is not able to output DSD via I2S, Coax, Toslink due to copying restrictions? All of his PCM findings?
It is CD player, it does not read SACD disks.
XLR are analog, AES is digital (stating this for those who may not know). Putting an analog source into a DAC defeats the purpose of a DAC.Can anyone explain what exactly the two "AES" inputs are for on the Pontus DAC?
Would have been nice to use them as normal L&R XLR inputs.
Thanks.
I don't know anyone who would find DDC useless. It is rather matter of a scale of improvements, justifying a cost. But if you chose this one, there will be no turning back.Some may have upgraded from IRIS to Hermes, some may have chosen Gaia, and some may have excluded DDC from their own systems.
I'll stick with the cheaper, but still highly rated, Denafrips Iris. For those who need more, maybe the higher priced Denafrips DDCs work for them.I don't know anyone who would find DDC useless. It is rather matter of a scale of improvements, justifying a cost. But if you chose this one, there will be no turning back.
This explains what a DDC is, and than talks about the Iriswhat exactly do a ddc to the sound ?
While I understand what AES is, and what the idea is, I guess I'm more of the why two AES inputs when you could have included perhaps a more universal connectivity option such as XLR or RCA type inputs. In a nutshell, I feel those inputs are taking away for more universal connectivity choices.XLR are analog, AES is digital (stating this for those who may not know). Putting an analog source into a DAC defeats the purpose of a DAC.
As for your question - AES 1 and 2 are for separate sources that use AES, same reason there are two Coax inputs.
Now what really grinds my gears is how non of the hex nuts are lined up on the beauty shot....
Perhaps you mean both the Hemes and Gaia have dual AES Outputs and single AES input? Whereas the Iris simply has a single AES output and no AES input?The Terminator has a mode for dual AES from their DDCs. Not sure if that's the case with the Pontus too, or not.
Regardless, that hardly has anything to do with my question/observation of the need for AES inputs in lieu of other inputs.Either way, it has pretty much all the popular digital inputs covered.
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/den...pdate-12th-anniv.967375/page-72#post-17984662If that's truly what you want, you should be looking at preamps with integrated DACs, not a stand alone DAC like the Pontus.
PeaceI'm referencing a different protocol that uses two AES inputs together as a single digital input.