I use the PORTABLE/MCAAC setup on a junky Pioneer AVR to play music from PC

afterburnt
afterburnt Posts: 7,892
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Is it possible to use the setup (calibration mic) jack on a Yamaha or Marantz the same way although it is not marked portable in the same way without messing something up?
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Ha! It sometimes pays off to hoard a billion useless cables. I found a male 3.5 to RCA spliter. Problem solved I think.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Problem not solved ugh? I get a huge hum on all of the analog inputs. But I do have 2 more spliters to try when I go back. One of them is supposed to be double shielded, the other I don't know if it shielded at all. Do yooz think the shielding is the problem?
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,300
    What are you splitting?
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,981
    No, that jack isn't meant for music from what I can tell. If your purpose is to play music from a PC, use a digital out connection on the PC if you have one and go straight into the back of the receivers digital inputs.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    edited March 2017
    USB out from PC to Emo Little Ego. DAC, headphone out to RCA splitter into AVR. It works fine going into the 3.5 portable ont front of an old Pioneer bot not to the RCAs in back of an old Marantz
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    3.5 to 3.5 on Pioneer
    3.5to RCA on the Marantz
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  • HzTweaker
    HzTweaker Posts: 788
    RCA hook ups are primarily geared for a line level signals. My guess would be delete the DAC which I'm also guessing doubles as an amp and see how it turns out.
    2ch rig: Speakers: Magnepan LRS w/Magna Riser stands Preamplifier: Parasound P5 Amplifier: Parasound A23 CDP: Pioneer DV-563A Cables: Wireworld Equinox 7 XLR ICs, Wireworld Ultraviolet 7 USB, AudioQuest Q2s, AudioQuest NRG X(preamp)

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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    edited March 2017
    HzTweaker wrote: »
    RCA hook ups are primarily geared for a line level signals. My guess would be delete the DAC which I'm also guessing doubles as an amp and see how it turns out.

    I would have to use the PC's 3.5 out so wouldn't that send a cruddy analog signal straight to the AVR?

    "The Headphone Output on your Little Ego delivers a very
    high quality analog signal, so you can also use it to connect
    your Little Ego to the line level inputs on preamps, pre/pros,
    external headphone amplifiers, and powered monitors."

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  • HzTweaker
    HzTweaker Posts: 788
    afterburnt wrote: »
    wouldn't that send a cruddy analog signal straight to the AVR?

    Possibly. Check your cable. It sounds like its unbalanced.
    2ch rig: Speakers: Magnepan LRS w/Magna Riser stands Preamplifier: Parasound P5 Amplifier: Parasound A23 CDP: Pioneer DV-563A Cables: Wireworld Equinox 7 XLR ICs, Wireworld Ultraviolet 7 USB, AudioQuest Q2s, AudioQuest NRG X(preamp)

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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    HzTweaker wrote: »
    afterburnt wrote: »
    wouldn't that send a cruddy analog signal straight to the AVR?

    Possibly. Check your cable. It sounds like its unbalanced.

    It is just a splitter from 3.5 jack to L and R RCA

    https://emotiva.com/products/dacs/dacs/little-ego
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  • HzTweaker
    HzTweaker Posts: 788
    The little-ego is a headphone DAC. Perhaps the impedance from the hp DAC isn't an expectable amount for the AVRs inputs. Thus compromising your sound quality.
    2ch rig: Speakers: Magnepan LRS w/Magna Riser stands Preamplifier: Parasound P5 Amplifier: Parasound A23 CDP: Pioneer DV-563A Cables: Wireworld Equinox 7 XLR ICs, Wireworld Ultraviolet 7 USB, AudioQuest Q2s, AudioQuest NRG X(preamp)

    Standby: LSi9s with VR3's Fortress mods
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