05-11-2022, 12:35 PM
Hello Romain,
The Boss2 DAC can only provide analogue (L+R) signal which needs to be fed to the AUX (or PC) analogue (L+R) input on your Airpulse A100 active speakers; given the fact that the Airpulse A100 is using a TAS5754 Class-D amplifier (one per channel) which is (in simple terms) a DAC+AMP in one package the analogue signal will be again converted into digital domain, etc.
I believe that it's not the matter of simplicity vs. complexity but the use of several electronic stages which may introduce extra distortion and/or noise in the case of the chain being Rpi + Boss2 HAT connected via RCA-to-RCA cables to the A100 active speakers. The other chain option is: RPi connected via USB cable to the A100 active speakers which will keep everything in the digital domain grace to the XMOS input.
I believe that you ought to test the two sets thoroughly so you can decide yourself which of the two will please your ears more.
Happy testing,
Mike
The Boss2 DAC can only provide analogue (L+R) signal which needs to be fed to the AUX (or PC) analogue (L+R) input on your Airpulse A100 active speakers; given the fact that the Airpulse A100 is using a TAS5754 Class-D amplifier (one per channel) which is (in simple terms) a DAC+AMP in one package the analogue signal will be again converted into digital domain, etc.
I believe that it's not the matter of simplicity vs. complexity but the use of several electronic stages which may introduce extra distortion and/or noise in the case of the chain being Rpi + Boss2 HAT connected via RCA-to-RCA cables to the A100 active speakers. The other chain option is: RPi connected via USB cable to the A100 active speakers which will keep everything in the digital domain grace to the XMOS input.
I believe that you ought to test the two sets thoroughly so you can decide yourself which of the two will please your ears more.
Happy testing,
Mike
