Tír Na HiFi

I have a box [a Squeezbox Transporter actually] that has three digital outputs ..

phono/digital -- capacitor coupling
bnc/digital -- transformer coupling
optical/digital

Suppose I attach three DAC's to these three outputs .. will having more than one DAC connected [and switched on] degrade the sound of having just one connected ?

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The REAL question ...

Most of my hi-fi is left on all the time [everything except the power amp] and I have a DAC and a CD-player [that can work as a DAC] and I would like to be able to use both to listen to the Transporter.

The DAC has coax and optical inputs
The CD [as a DAC] has just coax inputs

So I can use ..

Transporter -- coax -- DAC
Transporter -- coax -- CD

or

Transporter -- optical -- DAC
Transporter -- coax -- CD

Any suggestions / advice ?

The DAC is Naim; the CD is Resolution Audio.

James

Its hard to know without knowing the inside of the transporter. I don't think you can do any harm, so I'd say fire ahead and try it.


Fran

Its probably safe to use the optical and one of the coax outputs in parallel but I dont know if it will effect the quality ... unfortunatly the transporter is not made any more so I can't ask the manufacturer what they recommend.

Innocent bystander here, but I can't imagine why it wouldn't work.