Hi George,Yep, that's the money shot my bad.
The photo in this ad shows the markings more clearly.
Best regards,
-- Al
Cheers George
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FWIW dCS offer a similar connection methodology -- dues AES/EBU (one for each channel) that can carry PCM or DSD. It’s a proprietary format and only compatible with other dCS DACs. However you can use a single AES/EBU to carry both channels instead if you prefer So in the case of a full dCS stack you take 16/44.1 PCM out of the Transport to the up-sampler on one AES/EBU and then use a pair of AES/EBU from the up-sampler to the DAC to carry your choice of higher rate PCM or DSD. At the same time the transport gives you another pair of AES/EBU to carry the signal from any SACDs you may have. I’d hope the Esoteric set-up is similar and you can configure the dual AES/EBU output to carry both channels on one. This would also explain why SACD is not available on a single AES/EBU - the Esoteric is the same as the dCS in this regard. Single AES/EBU is limited to 16/44.1 only. |
folkfreak I’d hope the Esoteric set-up is similar and you can configure the dual AES/EBU output to carry both channels on one.Well this reads that way, that the reviewer put forth on the P-03. " The P-03 will give you choice of outputs AES/EBU on an XLR connector, SPDIF on an RCA connector. Dual AES on dual XLR connectors " " AES/EBU on an XLR connector" sounds like a xlr single to me? "Dual AES on dual XLR connectors " for their own dac, which may have duals as Al said. Cheers George |
Agreed @georgehifi provided you can live with 16/44.1 you are set. My personal experience with my dCS stack is that dual AES/EBU is the way to go if you can manage it -- much superior to the prior best connection dCS offered which was via FireWire. The rough stacking order (assume we're transmitting 16/44.1 only) in my experience is - Worst: SPDIF - Better: Single AES/EBU - Better Still: FireWire - Best: Dual AES/EBU |
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