HaideraGill
Established Member
Hi,
I am going to connecting my laptop to the digital RCA coax or TOSLINK connection on a Marantz PM6006. From what I have seen I need a USB soundcard with digital outputs. I found a cheap one using a Cmedia CM6206-LX chip which has an inbuilt DAC. It basically will take the USB sound run it through the DAC to get analogue then convert that output into SPDIF and output on the TOSLINK connector CM6206-LX.
Q1.) Why not just convert the from USB digital audio to the SPDIF protocol via a Digital Signal Processor?
I had a look at the M-Audio Super DAC M-Audio - Acclaimed audio interfaces, studio monitors, and keyboard controllers with it's Wolfson DACs. The Marantz PM6006 has Cirrus Logic CS4398 CS4398 | Cirrus Logic DAC
Q2.) Would the Super DAC convert the USB digital audio first into analogue then back into SPDIF digital?
Q3.) If so would I be better letting the M-Audio Super DAC do the conversion to analogue?
Your help is much appreciated.
Thanks
Haider
I am going to connecting my laptop to the digital RCA coax or TOSLINK connection on a Marantz PM6006. From what I have seen I need a USB soundcard with digital outputs. I found a cheap one using a Cmedia CM6206-LX chip which has an inbuilt DAC. It basically will take the USB sound run it through the DAC to get analogue then convert that output into SPDIF and output on the TOSLINK connector CM6206-LX.
Q1.) Why not just convert the from USB digital audio to the SPDIF protocol via a Digital Signal Processor?
I had a look at the M-Audio Super DAC M-Audio - Acclaimed audio interfaces, studio monitors, and keyboard controllers with it's Wolfson DACs. The Marantz PM6006 has Cirrus Logic CS4398 CS4398 | Cirrus Logic DAC
Q2.) Would the Super DAC convert the USB digital audio first into analogue then back into SPDIF digital?
Q3.) If so would I be better letting the M-Audio Super DAC do the conversion to analogue?
Your help is much appreciated.
Thanks
Haider