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Quick DAC question

Thanks ahead of time for your patience on this one. If I am streaming Tidal through mConnect using my Oppo 105, then a coaxial cable into a Gustard r26 DAC, which DAC is actually being used? The one from the gustard or the one in the Oppo? I know I should run a physical ethernet cable into the gustard and just use the Oppo as a CD transport but that's going to be a last resort because of the location of my modem / router way down in the basement.

simao
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oddiofyl
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Anytime the source (OPPO) is connected to the DAC via digital connections it is the external DAC that is decoding.  By connecting the Gus through analog RCA to your amp you are listening to it's DAC decoded through the analog outs.  

kofibaffour
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through any digital output on the Oppo 105 means the Gustard is the DAC stage

fastfreight
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You did not specify digital RCA, but singular we assume the RCA is a digital out of your Oppo vs a pair of RCA analogue out.

And yes, digital out means the next unit has to be the DAC,

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