B&W CM10's & Onkyo TX-SR706...Compatible?

[wood2032]

Hi all,
I recently came into some equipment and wondering what's the best practices for setup?
Here is what I have

-2 CM10's + Subwoofer (Currently setup for BI-AMP)

- Onkyo TX-SR706 (Bi-amp setting selected)

- Turntable

-Sony UDA-1

-16 gauge speaker wire

So I don't know how to utilize the DAC and what should be plugged into where in regards to the turntable. I run music from Mac mini but not sure if I should run it directly to receiver or run Should I run that to the dac and have audio out of Dac going to receiver?

Guide my sword

 

[lovinthehd]

Welcome to the forums.

I'd skip the passive bi-amping of the speakers, that's mostly marketing nonsense IMO. Read this http://www.audioholics.com/frequent-questions/the-difference-between-biamping-vs-biwiring

The Onkyo 706 has a built-in phono stage, so just connect the tt to the phono inputs (assuming you have an MM cartridge and standard rca connection....but what tt and what cartridge is it?).

That dac seems to be primarily for a usb output from a computer, and has headphone amp output from a brief look. You may be able to use it well enough as an interface to your receiver as well via usb/optical/coax digital output from your computer to the dac and analog output from dac to the receiver.

If your mac has digital optical or coax outputs I'd just connect those to the appropriate inputs on the receiver and use the receiver's dac and eliminate the external dac.

ps That receiver may not suffice amp-wise at very loud levels; if the avr goes into shut-down you'll know