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Re: DEQ 2496 and DAC 1

The DEQ 2496 has an optical (toslink) and an XLR AES/EBU input. The AES/EBU input will accept spdif, so you can use an XLR to coax adapter. There will be slight impedance mismatch because the spdif coax spec is 75 ohms and the AES/EBU spec is 110 ohms, but in practice I am not sure if that matters much. If your transport also has a toslink optical output, you might try that with a decent glass cable.

I have tried all three methods feeding the DEQ, and my smoothest sound was found going XLR AES/EBU from transport to DEQ. I thought the toslink connection was second best, followed by using a coax to XLR on the input of the DEQ.

I have always run XLR AES/EBU from DEQ to the DAC.

Alan

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