Psag: "Drewan77 if you are using the HDP3, then you are utilizing its DAC. The device operates in the digital domain. The last step is digital to analogue conversion."
Partly true...I will explain:
The internal DAC for processing incoming CD or streamed data is not used as the processing is handled by an external DAC & these sources enter the DEQX as analogue signals (via balanced input)
You are of course correct that once inside the HDP3, digital conversion takes place but this is to process the crossovers, speaker calibration, phase, timing etc which is entirely different to the internal DAC handling the initial music processing. That is a separate standalone component of DEQX which I am not using
Partly true...I will explain:
The internal DAC for processing incoming CD or streamed data is not used as the processing is handled by an external DAC & these sources enter the DEQX as analogue signals (via balanced input)
You are of course correct that once inside the HDP3, digital conversion takes place but this is to process the crossovers, speaker calibration, phase, timing etc which is entirely different to the internal DAC handling the initial music processing. That is a separate standalone component of DEQX which I am not using