Will an outside DAC over ride the tubes


I have a tubed output cd player and was getting restless to by something new. I was wondering if I purchased an external DAC, will this override the tube in my cd player?
ghost_rider

Showing 1 response by restock

Both Ghostrider45 and Tobias are correct.

I have never seen the purpose of a digital out on a tubed CD player. Digital inputs would be much more helpful.

By the way, if you do this don't remove the output tube, but replace it with a cheap one. Your output stage may require on even if the output stage is not used.