I'm in the process of setting up a shootout between three sets of upper-middle-class monitors. All of them are powered. Two of them will accept an AES/EBU input. At least one of those (the Adam s3h) will digitize an analog signal before converting it back to analog again if you feed it a balanced signal instead. In theory, staying in the digital domain until the last possible moment, and avoiding the two conversions, seems like a better option. So, I'm investigating that.
SAC seems to at least partially recognize the AES/EBU output from my Fireface UFX+. However, in the list of potential outputs, SAC lists only 'AES L'. Like: not 'AES L-R'. I have never used AES/EBU. I vaguely believe that I know that it is a two channel digital protocol, which would seem to support a stereo signal.
So, here are my questions:
1. Is SAC reporting the output capability of the UFX+ correctly? That is, is there only one channel - or are there actually two (potentially L and R)?
2. If there are two, is it a viable option to the analog stereo outputs to send to powered monitors with an AES/EBU input and output connection? And would I daisy-chain them: UFX+ OUT -> L AES IN -> L AES OUT -> R AES IN - and then somehow select which of the two signals (L or R) each speaker would output using the firmware within the speaker itself?
3. And, if that is the procedure - within SAC, to use it, do I simply select it in the output converter list as I would an output converter?
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