New to bluesound and questions on setup

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Kevin Ang

• November 20, 2020 01:21

Hi,

I was recently gifted a Node N100 and I didn't touch for a few weeks because at first i thought my setup currently, doesn't need a streamer. I have been doing research since last night because i stumbled upon the fact that the N100 has a great DAC in it and my current setup is lacking one, so i thought might as well use it since it should be an improvement from my onboard DAC in my CPU.

Anyway my question is, I have a CPU, a pair of active speakers specifically the PSB speakers AM3 and a liquid spark amp for my headphones. 

How do I pair all of them together so that I am using the DAC in the N100 instead of my CPU for my headphones and speakers? and is it possible for both speaker and the amp be connected together to the N100 so that I am spared the effort of pulling out the cable when I want to use either the speaker or the headphones? 

Thanks

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  Tony W.

  Product Support Manager

  • November 23, 2020 14:35

  Hi Kevin

  If you are listening to local content stored on your PC, you can create a local library and share the content from your PC and create a local library in BluOS. Here's how; https://support.bluos.net/hc/en-us/articles/360000186887-File-Sharing-Microsoft-Windows
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  Kevin Ang

  • November 25, 2020 08:52

  Hi Tony,

  Thanks for the reply.

  I've got another question. 

  As I am very new to DACs, I would like to make use of the DAC on the N100, what kind of cable should I be using if I am connecting it to my AM3 and to my Liquid Spark AMP when I want to listen to it on a headphone? 

  I read that using a USB/ AUX/ RCA/ Optical cable would result in either the dac in my speakers being used or the dac in the N100 being used. And this made me very confused on which cable should use for both situation when I want to make use of the dac in the N100.

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  Sam R.

  • November 25, 2020 13:03

  Using the Analog RCA (red/white connections) out of the N100 would use the internal DAC of the N100. 

  Using Digital Optical or Coax would bypass the DAC of your N100. The N100 cannot stream out of the USB port (but if it could, then using the USB connection would also bypass the DAC of the N100)

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