Arlekiin
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Hello,
So I got myself a Marantz PM-75 amplifier which has a DAC inside. My source is my pc with asus xonar d2 pm and I use an RCA cable to pass difital signal to the Marantz.
I discovered the analogue signal (from the 3.5mm stereo jack) to be way more noisy, by noisy I mean when I turn the amp up when no sound no signal is passed I get a humm with
analogue but when using digital its quieter at max volume.
My question is, now that I have tried an external dac I would like to know if somebody knows about this dac and how it compares to modern ones it can only do 24bit 48khz while my xonar
is capable of passing 24/192khz signal which I cant use because Marantz cant process that much. Since the sound is that much more pure using external DAC im wondering if I should invest in a dedicated DAC or is the DAC TDA1541A enough?
I feel that there is some room for improvement but have no idea where this DAC is in terms of quality and if I should aim for external dedicated dac at what pricepoint I should aim. Also Im using Canton SC5 speakers which are not top of the line but are pretty good.
Thank you for the advice,
So I got myself a Marantz PM-75 amplifier which has a DAC inside. My source is my pc with asus xonar d2 pm and I use an RCA cable to pass difital signal to the Marantz.
I discovered the analogue signal (from the 3.5mm stereo jack) to be way more noisy, by noisy I mean when I turn the amp up when no sound no signal is passed I get a humm with
analogue but when using digital its quieter at max volume.
My question is, now that I have tried an external dac I would like to know if somebody knows about this dac and how it compares to modern ones it can only do 24bit 48khz while my xonar
is capable of passing 24/192khz signal which I cant use because Marantz cant process that much. Since the sound is that much more pure using external DAC im wondering if I should invest in a dedicated DAC or is the DAC TDA1541A enough?
I feel that there is some room for improvement but have no idea where this DAC is in terms of quality and if I should aim for external dedicated dac at what pricepoint I should aim. Also Im using Canton SC5 speakers which are not top of the line but are pretty good.
Thank you for the advice,