Master/slave link

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Ian,

For the linking duties I am in no doubt then that Dev, as the claim, has a balun taking care of this due to config, However Thierry also recommended me to use the AES/EBU input on the master hence it is a better input. From this connection I can't see how the system could recognize the Unitiserve 75 ohm output without an auto detect function!? So I guess using the AES/EBU is a compromise that is still better than the S/PDIF input. Here I definitely see a possibility for the 75 to 110 conversion.

Cheers/Mike

PMFJI. I see your concern Mike.
I believe the Devialet opinion is that the AES input is the best input but to benefit from it you will need a source with ab AES/EBU output, if I understand correctly.
The original recommended link between dual mono D-Premiers may well be a special case, as you surmise, not relevant in the simple case of a source component (though it may be...).
In my system I have a Meridian Control 15 which may have the best SQ of my sources connected via SPDIF, since that is the standard of its available output, and my Goldmund CD transport which may have the best sound quality of my sources connected by AES/EBU since it offers both SPDIF and AES/EBU outputs.
FWIW,
Frank