senorx12562
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Ok Well jeremy told me to go with aggressive. Hopefully it pairs well with my receiver otherwise I'll have to buy a DAC too.
Does your receiver have pre-outs?
Ok Well jeremy told me to go with aggressive. Hopefully it pairs well with my receiver otherwise I'll have to buy a DAC too.
Does your receiver have pre-outs?
I believe so. Could you verify for me?
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The fact that this is a home theatre receiver complicates that for me, i've never used one as a pre. It doesn't have a dedicated pre-out though. I imagine the md/cd-r outs (rcas between the coax digital input and the digital subwoofer out bottom left) will probably work as I think they are functionally equivalent to a tape loop out, but I am not positive. In terms of sound quality, almost any outboard dac will give you better sound. I am certain that the dac in your receiver was designed for cheap more than good. What are you using as a source for your music, as your receiver has no usb input?
My TV, Yamaha receiver, speakers, xbox, and desktop computer are all interconnected via digital optical cables, HDMI, and speaker wire. It's one big happy family.
My music source is my computer via digital optical and I can either use the TV to watch things from my computer or just cable tv or xbox by changing the input via HDMI. I can switch between Yamaha receiver or a DAC/Amp via music input on the computer if I use both the speakers/headphone jack or a dac/amp via usb. I have a Fiio E10k but I'm probably selling it now that I purchased the Polaris.
I did some research and the DAC is an [COLOR=333333]AKM AK4628. [/COLOR][COLOR=333333]It's a pretty old receiver though. (Yamaha HTR-5840)[/COLOR]
The dac in the fiio might actually be better than that in the Yamaha, don't know but it wouldn't surprise me. You might be surprised at how much better a more modern dac solution might sound. Then again, maybe not. Maybe someone else on this thread can tell you whether those record outs are line-level. Anyone? Good luck mate, congrats on the amp. Love mine.
find out what dac chip in in both and we'll tell which which dac is better
PCM5102 DAC is in the E10k and AKM AK4628 is in the Yamaha.
If they are both garbage I suppose I should just buy a DAC.
The dac in the fiio might actually be better than that in the Yamaha, don't know but it wouldn't surprise me. You might be surprised at how much better a more modern dac solution might sound. Then again, maybe not. Maybe someone else on this thread can tell you whether those record outs are line-level. Anyone? Good luck mate, congrats on the amp. Love mine.
PCM5102 is trash
AK4628 is low end for AK/AKM DACs but should get the job done, nice and clean.
If you don't like the sound, look into other DACS
I got these from the manual. Do any of these descriptions sound like these jacks would work as a pre-out for the Polaris?
I got these from the manual. Do any of these descriptions sound like these jacks would work as a pre-out for the Polaris?
well the polaris already had a pre out...... . so i would try to bypass the preamp
looks like you want to use the front out and then maybe subwooder output if you whave one
Yes I have 1 subwoofer output but its using a subwoofer
Yes I have 1 subwoofer output but its using a subwoofer