Can I use this DAC to connect my smart TV to only two speakers without any amplifier or receiver and get great sound? This means TV to DAC to speakers
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Obviously your speakers need some kind of amp, internal (active speakers) or an external amp. Could you run this directly into an amp? Probably not because your TV likely outputs at full volume. You'll probably want some kind of preamp or volume control. But check your TV manual, if it does volume in the digital domain then you could. When I run my TV through it though, it is at full volume. Mine is TV > DAC > Integrated amp (basically a receiver w/o a radio) > passive speakers. And remember this is 2ch stereo, it won't do DD or DTS, you have to tell your TV to output PCM audio.
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This is definitely not possible without powered speakers (and no amp). I'm not sure if it would work with powered speakers but I would guess not (you might be able to plug the left and right rca out on the dac to the left and right powered speaker, I'm not sure).
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you need some sort of amplification in between ( receiver etc) or powered speakers such as audio engine Also not sure what you would be feeding the Bifrost from the TV if it is a digital output may be tough to make it work with any surround signal , it is not a home theater pre pro only for I think it is designed for two channel feed I would email the Schiit guys on their website and ask they are pretty responsive hope this helps
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I suppose. It's not really meant for that. It's purpose is to take one analog signal and split it into two. For example, if your receiver has one subwoofer output, but you want to drive two subs. Personally, I would not use it to connect the digital RCA style output from your CD player to your digital RCA style input on your DAC.
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This TV does not have either an analog audio output or a headphone jack. One (or both) of those would be handy to have. The TV sound out is via TosLink, which is an optical digital signal. I used a TosLink optical cable and an optical/digital to analog sound converter and two RCA cables to connect to my amplifier. The total cost of those items was about $50. Not a big deal, but just an advance notice that you really do need the cables and D/A converter, because the sound from your existing home theater or stereo amplifier and speakers will be needed. If you have a more modern amplifier with optical digital input, only the TosLink cable will be necessary. This TV does not have either an analog audio output or a headphone jack. One (or both) of those would be handy to have. The TV sound out is via TosLink, which is an optical digital signal. I used a TosLink optical cable and an optical/digital to analog sound converter and two RCA cables to connect to my amplifier. The total cost of those items was about $50. Not a big deal, but just an advance notice that you really do need the cables and D/A converter, because the sound from your existing home theater or stereo amplifier and speakers will be needed. If you have a more modern amplifier with... » Read More This TV does not have either an analog audio output or a headphone jack. One (or both) of those would be handy to have. The TV sound out is via TosLink, which is an optical digital signal. I used a TosLink optical cable and an optical/digital to analog sound converter and two RCA cables to connect to my amplifier. The total cost of those items was about $50. Not a big deal, but just an advance notice that you really do need the cables and D/A converter, because the sound from your existing home theater or stereo amplifier and speakers will be needed. If you have a more modern amplifier with optical digital input, only the TosLink cable will be necessary. « Show Less
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No, its strictly a DAC. You connect the output to a headphone amp, preamp, receiver etc.
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this device is analog. any dac that puts out an analog output of sufficient strength should work.
377182
Yes you can, but as it does not have speakers, you'll have to use the TV speakers. The best alternative is to include a receiver and also speakers.
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The only out on this DAC is analog, that's why you'd use it: digital-to-analog conversion. Connect your digital sources to it to have a better conversion to analog than most receivers and embedded analog outs on most players. But it only converts PCM stereo, so if you want dolby or DTS 5.1, 7.1, and beyond, this is not your route.
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you'll want an amplifier. A DAC is nice, but not strictly speaking necessarily
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If you use the Coax out, you bypass the DAC. You'll get better results using the coax out if the next component in line has a better DAC than the uDac does. If not, it will be better to use the RCA out.
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This TV doesn't have any analog audio out. There is optical and hdmi audio out. I ended up buying a receiver to power my analog speakers. I presume you would need something similar or at least a Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) if you wanted a standard headphone jack.
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How do you bi-amp a speaker from one source? Can you give an example of a receiver with this feature? Does one need to buy an extra amp?
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"DAC" just stands for "digital-to-analog converter". It's a box that takes the raw digital signal from your computer or other digital input and converts it to the audio you hear coming out of the speakers. DACs are everywhere - in your phone, in your computer... Using a DAC for these speakers doesn't really make sense because they have a built-in DAC, plus the signal is always run through the speakers' equalizer. So the signal would be converted from digital to analog in the DAC, then converted from analog back to digital and back to analog in the speakers... Sorry if that's complicated. But the short answer is "No, you don't need to use a DAC with these speakers."
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You can use it as a DAC for your PC or laptop even a tablet if it has the optical in or you can use it via the usb cable too. You can also connect it to a receiver that has an optical port too. Check irivers website too they got all the specs up there.
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I think NOT. You need an audio amplifier/receiver (separate unit) to connect the speakers to. This amplifier can then be connected to your TV to provide home theatre sound quality for your TV programs and movies. The speakers can only be connected by means of typical speaker cable, which cannot be directly connected to a TV.
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Not without an AMP or receiver to power them your TV alone only puts out a sound signal nothing big enough to power a speaker other than your headphones out of the front jack
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Just RCA outputs. Would need a seperate HF amp that accepts RCA inputs. Topping DAC sounds sweet.
514008
It passes the audio to the speakers, not the TV, so you don't need any optical connections to the TV.Also, it won't decode any of the HD audio codecs from your BluRay or HD-DVD player, but it will accept the signal and pass it to the speakers. If your component doesn't have the option to convert the HDMI HD audio, then this receiver will down sample to Dolby Digital/DTS and pump it to the speakers,