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Krell Showcase 7.1 DACS

This may be a stupid question, but here goes...

1. What happens (in terms of sound quality) if I feed a Sonos Z80 or Squeezebox's digital out directly into the Krell Showcase 7.1 Pre/Pro's digital input ie use the Krell's internal DACS

Would it be better to use an external DAC in between the Sonos or Squeezeboz and the Krell?

2. Is the Slim Devices Transporter internal DAC better than the Krell internal DAC?

Thanks for your help. I appreciate it!
crisscross

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crisscross OP
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anyone?
crisscross OP
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Is there anybody out there...?
crisscross OP
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Hmmm. Why no response? It makes me sad :(
crisscross OP
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...very, very, sad to think that all the great audio minds here cannot answer my humble question :(
crisscross OP
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Thank you for your reponse.

My question is really about the quality of the Krell DACs versus exteral DACS.

I would like to play music from my PC/Network music server through either sonos/squeezebox/and possibly the Slim Devices Transporter. Each of these sources outputs digital stream, the transporter has its own DAC. But is the Transporter's DAC really necessary?

It seem to me that insterad of putting a DAC in between the source and the Krell Showcase pre/pro that the Krell already has fairly decent dacs in it.

My question is 1) Compared with the Krell's internal DACs is there that much to be gained by added an external DAC or to use an all-in-one solution like the Transporter 2) Why do you say that external DACS are better than the Krell's DACS? 3) Even if I use an external DAC, won't it just feed into the Krell's internal DAC anyway, or can that be disabled?

Looking forward to your reply...
crisscross OP
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Ok, so do you think the Transporter's DAC is better than the krell DAC, because if it isn't then I should just use the squeezebox.
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