Thinking through a setup I'm planning.
Question - Is there any benefit to feeding the miniDSP with a digital input (from a laptop) vs feeding the miniDSP from the unbalanced output of a separate DAC? (Assume the other DAC is doing a much better job than the miniDSP and that the DAC does NOT have a digital output on it).
(DAC is used to feed headphone amp...for headphones. miniDSP is feeding amps for speakers)
The alternate plan is to feed both the miniDSP and DAC with the laptop's USB....but this would lose my ability to then use the DAC as a preamp for volume control.
and.....in using the unbalanced input on the miniDSP, does that in any way limit me from any of its functionality/features? (I'm guessing no)
Question - Is there any benefit to feeding the miniDSP with a digital input (from a laptop) vs feeding the miniDSP from the unbalanced output of a separate DAC? (Assume the other DAC is doing a much better job than the miniDSP and that the DAC does NOT have a digital output on it).
(DAC is used to feed headphone amp...for headphones. miniDSP is feeding amps for speakers)
The alternate plan is to feed both the miniDSP and DAC with the laptop's USB....but this would lose my ability to then use the DAC as a preamp for volume control.
and.....in using the unbalanced input on the miniDSP, does that in any way limit me from any of its functionality/features? (I'm guessing no)