Power Amp balanced/unbalanced switch question

[ciotime]

Seems like a lot of hair splitting for nothing in return. Balanced connections won’t do diddly for short runs. And why not run the theater with the same high quality amps? Only music benefits from quality amplification?

Actually I will be running the theater with the same high quality amps. Like I said the Denon WILL need an external amp since even though its 11ch but can only power 9ch. My plan is to get a good power amp to drive the important speakers ( 2 FRONTS ) for both movie and music listening. Apologies for all the fuss but like I posted above I just realized that I can just connect the Cambridge Audio Network Audio Streamer to the Denon and the Denon will see it as another source. Disable the Denons internal Dacs and use the CA's. Since I now have 2 volume controls in both the AVR and the CA I guess i should just use the CAs app to control volume?

 

[Leemix]

I've just realized that I can just connect the Cambridge Audio to the Denon and the Denon will see it as a source. Denon will act as some sort of a switcher. The CA will be connected via Toslink.

If you connect via Toslink the Denon will do the DAC and pre amplifier duty. If you want to use the DACs in the CA streamer you will need to connect with RCA. Try both and see if you like one more than the other. Might not be a difference.
You should use the Denon for volume control and set the output on the CA streamer to ‘fixed’ or equivalent, a doible volume control setup is not a good idea. Just remember to change that back again if you connect it directly to a power amp.


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[BoredSysAdmin]

I've just realized that I can just connect the Cambridge Audio to the Denon and the Denon will see it as a source. Denon will act as some sort of a switcher. The CA will be connected via Toslink.

Mazal Tov, this is exactly the function of Receiver to be audio/video switch

 

[ciotime]

Mazal Tov, this is exactly the function of Receiver to be audio/video switch

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[ciotime]

If you connect via Toslink the Denon will do the DAC and pre amplifier duty. If you want to use the DACs in the CA streamer you will need to connect with RCA. Try both and see if you like one more than the other. Might not be a difference.
You should use the Denon for volume control and set the output on the CA streamer to ‘fixed’ or equivalent, a doible volume control setup is not a good idea. Just remember to change that back again if you connect it directly to a power amp.


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I was told if I connected via Toslink I could set the Denon in Direct Mode and it would bypass the Denon's internal Dac's. Since both do have volume controls I was advised to just use the CA's APP for volume control.

 

[Leemix]

I was told if I connected via Toslink I could set the Denon in Direct Mode and it would bypass the Denon's internal Dac's. Since both do have volume controls I was advised to just use the CA's APP for volume control.

Toslink is digital so to get sound you will need to do a digital to analogue conversion with a DAC. Direct or Pure Direct mode with the Denon may bypass the DAC in the Denon but only for an analogue signal. You cannot bypass the volume control in the Denon so better to use that or be really careful and risk your speakers.

Edit:added a missing ‘do’

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[lovinthehd]

I was told if I connected via Toslink I could set the Denon in Direct Mode and it would bypass the Denon's internal Dac's. Since both do have volume controls I was advised to just use the CA's APP for volume control.

Better stop listening to whoever told you that bit of "information" since it's obviously wrong. How could the Denon process a digital signal without using it's dac?