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    Join Date: Jan 2008

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    Hi all

    It seems senility has set in, I have been using my Bel Canto dac with my Arcam dv29, i decided to mess around with things and hook up a consonance sacd player that has been sitting around unused, in my flurry to unhook and redo things i can't for the life of me remember how i connected my dac to player, i hate asking this question, but i am using the balanced from my Krell to the consonance, then coax to dac, what am i doing wrong as my dac is not taking the signal

    it will probably come to me before i get help, but you know how impatient americans are

    :-)

    thanks in advance

    Kurt

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    I do not know the units but best if you use a digital cable from Cd player to DAC
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kurt-Holz View Post
    ....but i am using the balanced from my Krell to the consonance, then coax to dac...
    Fill us in a bit more Kurt;

    What Krell item is going into your Consonance SACD?

    Ben Duncan mains conditioner
    2022 MacBook Pro 14" M1 Pro 10/16/16/16
    Samsung QE75Q90T 75" QLED TV
    XMOS DSD Async USB to Coax converter
    RME Audio ADI-2 FS (AK4493) DAC
    Chord Clearway XLR interconnects
    Audioquest Crimson USB interconnect
    QED Quartz Reference optical interconnect
    Edifier S3000 Pro active speakers
    Atacama SE24 stands

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    Hi all

    Thanks for helping, i can't believe i can't seem to wrap my head around such an easy hook-up, done it a hundred times, anyway

    Krell HTS, available options are

    pair balanced audio inputs
    rca analog audio inputs
    7.1 single-ended audio outs, and inputs
    digital out
    digital inputs, tos-link & rca


    Bel canto

    pair balanced out
    pair rca outs
    toslink input
    coax input

    Consonance

    pair rca outs
    pair balanced outs
    digital out

    hope this helps

    thanks again

    Kurt

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    Hi all

    This odyssey is becoming more and more frustrating, i am perplexed at my inability to connect a simple dac, and even Bel Canto tech support can't give me directions, they don't know how to connect one of there own products or give me any logical explanation on how to?

    no help searching the net, though i did find an easy way to make a nuclear bomb, haha

    anyway

    I'm running the balanced audio inputs from the Krell to the balanced outs on the dac, then running digital coax from bel Canto to Consononce

    should this not be the right way?

    thanks in advance

    Kurt

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