Trigger in only.
james
Can I ask why some manufacturers choose not to use a trigger out? A DAC like the BDA will feed a preamp and amp. If the DAC turns on with trigger-in, then I need to go and manually/remotely turn on my preamp and have it trigger my amp. Is there an issue I am not seeing about having the DAC trigger the preamp, which triggers the amp - in other words, the source conveniently triggering the entire chain? From that perspective, I have always thought that if you had to choose one, you would choose to only have a trigger-out on a DAC source, not a trigger in.
I went through this issue last year with my NAD M51 DAC - one of the common complaints against it was that there was a trigger in but no trigger out. It was one of the reasons I eventually sold it. I noticed that NAD recently updated the M51 and it now includes a 12v trigger out....
Interested in your thoughts on this issue - perhaps there is a concern I have not thought of. Many thanks!