Ok, thank you very much, but if I connect the Emotiva to the JBL MSC1?, The Emotiva is digital and it has unbalance and balance output, I want to connect that output to the JBL MSC1, what do you think?
It is balanced or not?
Hello everyone, I am new to this page, I thank the Audiogon team for allowing me to be here with you, I have a question: I have the preamp and DAC: "Emotiva Differential Reference XDA-1" it has the following digital inputs: "S/PDIF (optical and coaxial) and AES/EBU (XLR)", the XDA-1 has balanced outputs for an speakers amplifier, inside it has the amplifier: "Texas Instruments Burr Brown OPA2134" and I want to know if it really works balanced; the XDA-1 has the DAC: "Analog Devices AD1955" inside. thanks
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@auxinput I fond it here: http://bee.mif.pg.gda.pl/ciasteczkowypotwor/SM_scena/Crown/D75%20Service%20Manual%20%20-1.pdf it is just as you were saying, but please tell me, it is better to use it as a stereo then? thanks. |
Running the sound through the JBL MSC1 is definitely going to degrade the sound quality of the Emotiva DAC, but if that's all you have, that's what you are gonna have to use. Is the amp better to use as stereo? Generally speaking, yes. It really depends on the speakers and if they drop below 8 ohms, but usually stereo amps do not perform as well in bridged mode. Generally, a dedicated balanced/differential amp will have power from both the +(RED) and -(BLACK) speaker posts. In this situation, you cannot bridge amp channels because they are already, in a sense, bridged. The service manual does not give a complete schematic, but if you look at page 6-3, you can see the Output Stage schematic. On the right side of the schematic you can see the output connected to one speaker binding post. The other speaker binding post is shunted directly to ground, so this is a single ended amp (even though the input stage is balanced). |
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