[slinkelist] Trying to understand cross-fading requirements

[Sinan Karasu]

Stephen Korow wrote:

> I just purchased a Sony CDP-CX300 and slink-e.  I love it.  However, there
> is a long pause when it switches from disc to disc.  If I get a second
> CDP-CX300 will I be able to do cross-fading or do I have to purchase

Yes. There are a few ways, all with plusses and minuses. First of all you have
to decide which of the followings are important to you.

1) No delay play. That is when one song ends , another immediately starts
2) Cross fading. That is next song starts before the current one ends and
they are cross faded.
3) Analog connection to the receiver.
4) SPDIF connection to the receiver.

1 & 3 is possible with just 2 players and an analog mixer.
Analog mixer could just be a resistor network. Colby has a schematic for this.
2& 3 is also possible with the above setup.

1 & 4 requires you to purchase a DXS unit.
2 & 4 is NOT possible at this time(cheaply). Until/if/when Colby's DSP module is

designed/manufactured/sold , the only way you'll be able to do it is thru a
fancy
SPDIF Mixer card. It will not be true cross fading, but  mixing. However since
both CD players are running on different (asynchronous SPDIF clocks),
mixing becomes pretty hard. Professional equips run on master clocks
circumventing this stuff.

Sinan


>
> something else?  I know I will have to alternate players between songs, but,
> other than that do I have to buy additional equipment?
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> Steve