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Well you can set the output to fixed and run everything out to another pre.
Ah right, you can set it to fixed. Would that be the same as 0db or +10db?
Well you can set the output to fixed and run everything out to another pre.
I'd like to use my XDA-1 as a pre (which I do now) but if you another analog source you're stuck. Turntables are legit though.
No there is no standard, but PS Audio and Wyred 4 Sound are both taking a similar (and from what I hear, coincidentally compatible) approach with I2S over HDMI. Which is why I am hoping someone out there has access to a PW Transport, or a W4S mini server to test if they are by chance compatible with the NAD. More so the W4S server, if compatible I would snap one up and use it as a dedicated source.
It comes from this brochure.
https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCQQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpeterhoagland.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F08%2FNR-NAD-M51-Direct-Digital-DAC-1-09-2012.doc&ei=VHCVT5_7B4ay8ATxhcWVBA&usg=AFQjCNE1PciFql8KnwjvFpTw5Rh3wZ-Q7Q
And again here in the NAD official datasheet from their website.
http://nadelectronics.com/download.php?111221101428-NAD_M51_DataSheet.pdf|Data%20Sheet%20-%20M51%20Direct%20Digital%20DAC
My Marantz universal player works beautifully over HDMI with it, CDs report 44.1k, and interestingly, SACDs report 88.2k, which is odd as the redbook layer should be read, but I won't complain if it's picking up a better sample rate, or even if it just thinks it is.
o a SB Touch --> USB -->NADM51 --> Supratek Sauvignon pre --> Manley Mahi Mahi mono amps --> Merlin VSM MX
Right now the NAD is burning in in my 2nd system. What do you think for burn in, like 4 days?
Thanks!
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This is how the Oppo players handle SACD as well - as 88k pcm. Assuming the Marantz is an SACD player, maybe this isn't all that surprising. On the other hand, when I've had my HDMI lockups, I think the display has shown 88.2k despite the original source being 48k, so I guess you can't rule out confusion.
Any word on a possible black unit?
It's a universal Bluray/DVD/SACD player, so I guess that makes sense, Strange to normal redbook come out at 44.1, and the redbook layer of an SACD (since this is not a DSD DAC) come out at 88.2
It's not reading the redbook layer - it's reading the DSD layer and doing an on-the-fly conversion to 88.2k PCM. The redbook layer would in fact come through at 44.1.