wadia 170 i transport- need help

can I plug in my wadia 170 i transport to the back of my rotel cd player and use the rotel dac or do i need an external dac to plug the wadia into- thanks.

remains812-28-2014 6:11am

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zd542 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,339 posts 12-28-2014 at 07:06pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete No, because no Rotel CD player that I know of has a digital input. If you have a CD player that does, then you should be able to do so as long as the dac is compatable with whatever format the Wadia is sending out. Also, I think the 170i does have a dac as well, even though they call it a transport. But I'm not a 100% sure on that.
zd542 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,339 posts 02-16-2015 at 05:31pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete "02-15-15: Fanofdq10s The Wadia does not have a DAC built in." It has both analog and digital outputs. Do the analog outputs serve a different purpose?

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