Hello everybody,
This is my first contribution and ask for help as beginner in the high end hifi world.
I bought the range of Rega, Elicit-R, Apollo, DAC R, RP1. Speakers Gato PM-6.
This question is about the DAC.
It has multiple inputs and outputs.
Question. I want to connect my macbook with a toslink out connection to the DAC.
So I plugged it in the optical in 1, as same toslink. Do not know if any spdif convertor is needed here. I suppose not.
Toslink to Toslink. No ??
But then. How to get to the amplifier.
Normally one should expect to pick an optical output on the DAC and go to the Elicit-R. Only, everything is RCA on the Elicit R.
Does this mean I always need to use the RCA on the DAC. There is no Optical out to RCA cable link.
I mean, what are all the combinations on the DAC for if we use in 99% of the cases RCA on the amp.
Or is this only intended for an external other optical device, I do not know what.
Anyway, my first experiment gave nothing.
So there are errors in this story, on the input side, but RCA to RCA could not go wrong.
Perhaps the USB route is better; But I want to walk first the optical way into my amp.
The user guide is too thin on real practical cases. The whole internet does not contain a simple tutorial on how to use a mac the best way with the rega DAC up to the Rega amp.
Thanks for all your advise.
Ignace
This is my first contribution and ask for help as beginner in the high end hifi world.
I bought the range of Rega, Elicit-R, Apollo, DAC R, RP1. Speakers Gato PM-6.
This question is about the DAC.
It has multiple inputs and outputs.
Question. I want to connect my macbook with a toslink out connection to the DAC.
So I plugged it in the optical in 1, as same toslink. Do not know if any spdif convertor is needed here. I suppose not.
Toslink to Toslink. No ??
But then. How to get to the amplifier.
Normally one should expect to pick an optical output on the DAC and go to the Elicit-R. Only, everything is RCA on the Elicit R.
Does this mean I always need to use the RCA on the DAC. There is no Optical out to RCA cable link.
I mean, what are all the combinations on the DAC for if we use in 99% of the cases RCA on the amp.
Or is this only intended for an external other optical device, I do not know what.
Anyway, my first experiment gave nothing.
So there are errors in this story, on the input side, but RCA to RCA could not go wrong.
Perhaps the USB route is better; But I want to walk first the optical way into my amp.
The user guide is too thin on real practical cases. The whole internet does not contain a simple tutorial on how to use a mac the best way with the rega DAC up to the Rega amp.
Thanks for all your advise.
Ignace