cujo

You need a head unit to control the changer.

Fishbone

So, could I run the digital out of the changer directly to the 700 processor and control the changer with a cheap head unit? If so, would I use the volume control from the head unit or the processor?

islandphile

You can control the volume of the PXA from a Ai-Net HU and you do NOT need to hook up the Toslink or RCA's to get a signal from the head unit to the PXA, you can get it there w/Ai-Net only...I know because I've tried it! BTW, Ai-net sounds better than RCA, but obviously not as good as Toslink.

I also thought the PXA-H700 would be a good to use with the S624, so I got one just for this purpose. Both the changer and deck get hooked up to Ai-Net terminals on the PXA and volume can still be controlled by the head unit even though the changer is providing a Toslink in.

Scroll to the bottom of this page http://www.sounddomain.com/memberpage/392547/2 and you will see a pic of the connections available on the PXA-H700. 3-Toslinks, 2-Ai-Nets (Headunit & Changer), and one set of RCA's, and a single Navigation in-put.

PEI330Ci

islandphile,

Your car is awesome. Man...I wish I had that much trunk space.

Nice amps BTW. [img]smile.gif[/img]

So have you got that front stage totaly active yet? How does the PXA-H700 sound?

Adam

islandphile

Thanks Adam!

As far as the sound of the PXA, truthfully I haven't done much critical listening as work has been so busy I haven't made much progress on the system in the last 3 weeks.

As soon as I have things up & running a little better, I'll provide a critique.

I did try the different inputs and there is a noticeable change between the Ai-Net and RCA inputs. The Toslink input sounds fantastic, but again I haven't had a chance to evaluate it in depth to see if it adds/subtracts anything as you did on the Audio Control piece...but I am very curious to find out.

[ April 13, 2004, 10:49 PM: Message edited by: islandphile ]

Fishbone

islandphile...thanks for great info...I think I am going to go the route of the cheap deck to use as a tuner and volume control and use an S624 changer (using the digital output) exclusively as my CD source.

thanks to all...

Lawrence.

frontmanblue

Does this mean, I can connect :

3 TOSLINK sources
1 RCA analog source
2 RCA analog sources (thru 2 Ai-net converters)

So, I can use the digital out (as long as its TOSLINK) of a non-alpine deck for CD and use the RCA output of the non-alpine deck for RADIO & AUXs.

Thanks

Lil_Odessa

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