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Esoteric PO3 Transport XLR Output

Is there a way to connect  the XLR digital outputs (separate left and right) to a DAC with only one digital XLR input? I am currently using the RCA coaxial output.

Any help is appreciated.


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folkfreak
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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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provided you can live with 16/44.1 you are set.
 I do and also pcm  24/96 CD from Reference Recordings and DVD-A (pity it defunct) through r2r multibit dac/s, and no sacd or dsd yet has been better that I've heard. And I'm yet to hear, DXD which is supposed to be the best pcm yet.

Cheers George
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folkfreak
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I used to like DVD-A as well, but lacking a suitable transport sold off all my discs (at quite high prices) last year

Personally with the dCS stack I actually upsample 16/44.1 to DSDx2 -- to my mind that combination works best with the filters available ... high sample rate PCM seems over detailed and loses some of the intimacy and life in the recording

If you can and your kit supports it (as Esoteric does) you should look into an external master clock -- my experience here https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/benefits-of-adding-a-10mhz-master-clock-to-a-digital-system
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