how to integrate a music server with a TacT room correction system

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default -- Mon, 02/23/2009 - 17:35

The Tact now acts as a room shaper,  D/A converter, and pre-amp, taking the feed from the CD digital turntable. 
 
If  I go to a mini-Mac, Wavelength Coseacant D/A converter, I  introduce an extra A/D and D/A conversion.  This would seem to compromise the signal quality. 
 
How do I  do this? 

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Gary (not verified) -- Mon, 02/23/2009 - 17:36

I'm baffled/

DH -- Sun, 02/28/2010 - 08:32

Hi-

I also use a TACT as a DAC, RC, and pre. I agree with Steven - your best bet is to connect directly to the TACT. If you want to use the USB out, additional suggestions would be the M2Tech Hiface ( http://www.m2tech.biz/products.html ) or the Empirical Audio Offramp (http://empiricalaudio.com/products/off-ramp-converter) . With either of these you will get a great signal to the TACT. With one of these products you may be surprised how good digital can sound.

Aubrey (not verified) -- Fri, 03/05/2010 - 01:41

I am delighted every day. I use the Macbook/M2 tech/ amarra to output digitally to my TacT.

96/24 files are magical and a huge improvement over 44/16. Big advantage of the TacT is that it can handle files all the way upto 192/24....

As yet I do not see much diff between 96/24 and 192/24 for the one disc I have, but will keep trying - there is probably a learning curve effect here.

Tip (not verified) -- Tue, 03/16/2010 - 18:58

The reason you won't see much (or any) difference between 96/24 and 192/24 is that the TacT operates internally at 96kHz and uses an ASRC to resample the digital inputs to 96kHz. There also is an ASRC on the TacT's digital outputs to covert the output from 96kHz to the user-configured output rate.

Steven Stone -- Tue, 02/24/2009 - 09:23

 Seem? Seem? Try absolutely positively with a cherry on top...
 
Go from the Mac to the Tact, use a converter box such as the Blue Circle USB Thingie.
 
Put the Wavelength back in the box.
 
You're done...
 
 

Steven Stone
Contributor to The Absolute Sound, EnjoytheMusic.com, Vintage Guitar Magazine, and other fine publications

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