Need help, what am I missing???

Hi, All,

I just got my Hermes, connected it, did the setup via I2S and thought I was good to go. Here is what I had before Hermes:

Elite CD player via Coax to Pontus

Brennan B2 via Toslink to Pontus

Eversolo DMP A6 Master via USB to Pontus.

So I add Hermes and run I2S from Pontus to Hermes. I set Hermes to 000 and play streamer and voila music plays.

I take Toslink from Pontus to Toslink In on Hermes. I play Brennan - nothing

I take Coax from Pontus to Coax In on Hermes. I play Elite unit nothing

Then it occurs to me, I still have USB from Streamer to Pontus. So am I totally bypassing Hermes by not going USB to Hermes as well???

How should everything be connected?? What am I missing???

kingbr12-12-2024 8:55pm

soix Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 9,548 posts 12-12-2024 at 09:40pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Why not run the USB from the streamer into the Hermes and have it and the Elite feed through i2S? Not sure what to say about the Brennan, but why not just feed that too into the Hermes and have it go through the i2S with everything else? Maybe I’m just missing something here.
audphile1 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,119 posts 12-12-2024 at 10:06pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The whole point of Hermes is its OCXO and superior signal processing. I would set this up as follows if possible - Eversolo to Hermes via USB Elite to Hermes via Coax Brennan configured as NAS and accessed from Eversolo Hermes to Pontus via i2s This achieves what @soix mentioned above. I just don’t know if Eversolo has capabilities to read NAS
jastralfu Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 419 posts 12-12-2024 at 10:21pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete As stated above all sources should be connected to the Hermes and the only connection from the Hermes to the Pontus should be the I2S.