

Stereo components are designed to prevent anyone from plugging the output of one DAC into the input of another DAC. Data Crow 4.0 has been well received, looking at the bug reports and various emails which have come in. I believe the A-S701 uses the Burr-Brown PCM5102A DAC chip, which is also quite good. Your Yamaha A-S701 is really quite excellent - the whole A-Sxxx and A-Sxxxx series has been a home run for Yamaha. If you use the output from the digital output connector on the Rotel, and then plug the single cable into a digital input on your amp, then you'll be using the DAC built into the amp. Your Rotel contains the Burr-Brown PCM-1732 DAC chips, which are quite respectable.
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If you use the RCA output connectors on your CD player, and then plug those RCA cables from the CD player into your amp's CD input or any of its other RCA inputs, you'll be using the DAC in the Rotel CD player. The code is freely distributed under the GNU General Public License. Many integrated amps, preamps and receivers are labeled exactly the same way. General discussion 223 Data Crow user questions 667 Help. Summary Files Reviews Support Tickets Bugs Change Requests News Discussion Code Donate via PayPal Menu Create Topic Stats Graph Forums. It's labeled "CD" solely for convenience. Data Crow Discussion The ultimate cataloguer Brought to you by: rwaals, smurfy-8. Click to expand.The CD input on your amp is a line input, just like the other RCA inputs on the back panel.
