I posted in another thread about almost blowing up my speakers with this combination. I attempted again tonight but when I saw the woofers on my speakers throbbing at even minute volume levels I decided to end the experiment. It seems that the digital output on the DiO is somehow over loading the Panny. I mean the woofers should not be throbbing and fluttering if there's hardly any audio coming out of them, right? Anybody have any clues as to this phenomenon?
What I heard before was quite good. The DiO seems to have much better A/D conversion than the Panny. Playing back the vinyl via an AI tube pre and the Art into the digital coax of the Panny yielded a very clear and dynamic sound similar in quality to the CD playback but with the extra air and musicality that vinyl and tubes supply. It was a bit synthetic sounding which is to be expected because of the A/D conversion but it was very close otherwise. I'd like to mess around with it more but I don't want to damage my gear.
The cool thing is that Panny shows the signal frequencies coming from the Art which makes me think that this combo can work....
