a novice with dacs

[admin_exported]

Ok - so how do I connect a Bersford 7520 from my pc to an amp ?

What cables do I need and what ins and outs do I use

In my thinking I take an optical / digital lead from my pc to the dac and then phonos from the dac to the amp ..

but I could be way off here

cheers

 

[Messiah]

Well with the 7520 you may as well make use of the USB input. Although you can use the optical input if the PC has the correct output.

Otherwise, it's a USB A-B lead from PC to DAC and then Phonos from the fixed output to a suitable input on the Amp.

 

[Messiah]

Having read your other post, if you use the USB option you do not need the Optical connection from the PC.

 

[Anonymous]

thanks

So is usb A- B lead a special kind of usb

 

[Messiah]

Nothing special about it - it just denotes the connector types:

A - Rectangular Connector (PC). B - Square Connector (DAC).

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks I'd managed to sort that one - same shape as my printer usb

So I run A from my PC - is that front or back or doesn't it matter ? to the B of my dac - again is that front or back

Cheers

 

[Anonymous]

peebs:
Thanks I'd managed to sort that one - same shape as my printer usb

So I run A from my PC - is that front or back or doesn't it matter ? to the B of my dac - again is that front or back

Cheers

You can plug the cable into any of the USBs sockets on the PC - back, front, side - it doesnt matter.

There is only one USB input on the Beresford - its at the back - socket no4.

 

[idc]

Hi peebs. a little note, when you connect the DAC for the first time with USB it will probably download a little USB drive programme. The PC is just recognising the DAC as a USB device. You need to let this happen. With both my DACs this took seconds and happened automatically.