Question on playing Mp3 with cd player and pre/pro (1 Viewer)

[Lolipox]

Hello all, i'm new in this forum. I have one quick question and hope that some of you can help.

Can i play a mp3 CD in my Cd player and connect the Cd player with a digital co-ax cable to my pre/pro?
I'm not sure the DAC in the pre/pro can convert mp3 signal to analog or is the cd player that decode mp3 files and send the digital (pcm) signal to the pre/pro which then converted to analog.

I hope this isnt too stupid of a question.

Please clarify.. anybody? Thanksss

 

[John Brill]

If your CD player can't decode the signal, it won't send through any signal to your pre/pro. Therefore, you need a CD player capable of decoding MP3 file formats.

 

[Lolipox]

So basically my cd player (mp3 capable) will decode the mp3 files into pcm and send the digital signal to my pre/pro which then convert it to analog?

 

[John Brill]

That about sums it up.

 

[Chris Sherman]

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