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In Reply to: PCM to PWM? posted by Budd on December 4, 2004 at 08:42:07:
IIR(read)C, the GCC is an "integrated amp", and the "volume control" stage is the GainCell, which is an analog circuit. So if you did have a digital bypass input to go along with the HT Bypass input, you'd have to have a digital pre-amp such as the Meridian 518 to have any volume control on the "digital bypass input" (like your A/V receiver is the volume control for the HT Bypass input).That said, a Meridian 500 feeding a Meridian 518 feeding a digital input on an integrated amp, direct with no D/A stage in the entire path, might be a nice replacement for a Meridian 508 feeding a traditional analog input integrated amp. Can't say without trying, and trying doesn't look like something that will be possible.
But I don't know what's involved with SPDIF->PWM conversion. This may not be any better than D/A followed by the typical sawtooth sampler.
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