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Driving 2 DACs with 1 source

Hi All, 

I'm looking for some advice if you have had some similar experiences.

Using 1 AEB digital source how do you connect 2 DACs simultaneously ?  

Do you think this would work without creating its own issues? passive splitter or maybe this Y-splitter.   They seem pretty inexpensive and are in a photography store.  Has anyone tried these?

Source is:  Berkeley Alpha USB

DACs are: Berkeley Alpha DAC and Tidal Camira

Don't recall the model or brand of cables but they are high quality.

What do you think?

- Jed

mysearcher257
lanx0003
1,948 posts
 

https://benchmarkmedia.com/products/benchmark-xlrf-to-2-xlrm-y-adapter-for-analog-audio

My adaptor buying experience with Benchmark has been great. 

oberoniaomnia
358 posts
 

Why do you have the Alpha USB converter in the chain at all? Why not plug USB cables into each DAC? I've used computer server with multiple USB ports and run two USB cables from computer into each DAC. Et voilà!

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jjss49
6,926 posts
 

the best solution for this is get a good quality ddc - for example a denafrips hermes or gaia or gustard u18 -- it will also cleanse and reclock your aes input and drive multiple dacs via its numerous digital outputs

mysearcher257 OP
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@jjss49   Thank you!  This is the exact component that I was looking for.   It will solve the problem by providing 2 independent AEB outs and can also eventually replace the Alpha USB with its USB input. Great!

@oberoniaomnia Because neither DAC has a USB input.

@lanx0003   These cable solutions seem to be for analog.

Can a cable work with digital without causing timing and clocking issues ?  Will the 2 devices lock onto the signal without interfering with each other?

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