if you use digital output like coax and optical it goes to a dac.
If you use rca output it goes to a preamp.
Your phone is meant to work all on it s own, it's a little computer, so it can use external devices but you have to use the appropriate software and / or condition of use
If I send a multichannel signal to e30 then seems like my tweeter are gonna explode lol
I have a multichannel amp and and stereo amp I always make sure it does t go through the e30 cause it cannot decode it and it just pure noise.
If you can then it means something is decoding it for the e30
I have the 936 and recently got a Naim xs3 to go with it (tried the musical fidelity, it was awesome for unplugged music but I mostly listen to rock / metal so it was a bit too harsh)
I've listen to the 946 but not with the same amp and their impact seems a bigger you can see that you could turn...
Omg this is genius! And probably true, same goes for Cd VS stream, à physical media, actually doing something. It does t change the sound but change the experience