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XM, DAC Question

I have a small XM receiver that seems to work okay with my tube pre and amp and the sound is...well not bad but I'm wondering if I can run the XM through a Lite outboard DAC that I have with any success? The XM receiver has 2 rca's though and the DAC is coax in. Do they make a converter?

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The RCAs on your XM receiver are ANALOG outputs. You would have to have a DIGITAL output to send to the DAC.
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The manual says "what" is digital? The receiver is because XM is a digital service just like DISH or Direct TV. You need the receiver to use the service, but that doesn't mean the XM unit "outputs" a digital signal.

What's the model number of the XM receiver maybe I can find a manual online to look at for you.

The Lite DAC uses a "coax" digital input, but the connection is still RCA. Don't think of "coax" as in TV coax, (RF connector). Most digital gear uses either a RCA coax input or a BNC coax input and many also use Toslink optical.
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I am assumimg you are using the SA10103 Home Kit? It does NOT have a digital output. Unless XM made a different dock kit that included a digital output, you'll have to use the DAC that is built into the unit. Yes, the unit does the digital to analog conversion from within. My Sirius unit is the same way.
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