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Hi everyone,
I have a Beolab 8000 connected to the playmaker and it works fine. I can airplay the music via the playmaker.
Recently, I want to add another source of music from my NAS, I use the line-in of the playmaker and connected to the non-B&O DAC analogue output.
But there is no sound if I want to play music from the DAC. The Beolab 8000 even didn't turn green.
If I connect Beolab8000 line directly to the DAC, it also works.
So, in short
- Beolab8000 + playmaker -- Ookay
-Beolab8000 + DAC --- Okay
- Beolab 8000 + Playmaker + DAC -- NOT work
Any suggestions ?
Thank you !
Which DAC are we talking?
MM
There is a tv - and there is a BV
it is Auralic Altair.
https://us.auralic.com/products/altair
Looking into the Playmaker's manual I found (page 9) that the inputs are prioritized in hierarchy as follows:
1. AIRPLAY
2. DNLA
3. LINE IN
Starting a source with higher priority will interrupt a source lower in hierarchy.Therefore a source with higher priority must be stopped first to hear a source lower in hierarchy.
So I would try to uncheck and de-select the Playmaker in the Airplay List of your iPhone or iPad first and then start the line-in source again.
Why are you using a Playmaker when you have an outstanding streaming DAC like the Auralic Altair? I replaced my Playmaker with an Auralic Aries Mini and it performs perfectly, far better than the PM ever did.
Jeff
I'm afraid I'm recovering from the BeoVirus.
@Urike @ Jeff,
Thank you for the input !
The reason I use playmaker as the intermediate is because the prewire. I put all the speakers on main floor and upper floor , while all the amplifiers, streamers, etc are in the data room at basement and I mainly distribute the audio via the cat7 cable (from the wallplate behind the speaker to the dataroom.) So I can Powerlink-RJ45 from speaker to Playmaker and then normal RCA from auralic - playmaker.
I will try again/check if I de-select airplay and see if there is sound from bl8000.
By the way, I agree with you that Auralic is good in terms of its dac. I have Aries Mini as well. And I have AG2/VG2/Leo for my bl5. :-) So I am a kind of fan of Auralic.
Thank you again !