Hello, I just joined, primarily for the audiophile products. Looking at purchasing the NHT C3 speakers for our new living room. Space is about 15 feet wide by 33 long and they will fire long ways. Space is just for general listening, music room with all equipment is downstairs, so hoping they will fill it with sound nicely. Cheers.
Mar 18, 2024
So you could have, all at the same time, a set up like this, for example: USB: your computer hooked up via USB for Spotify and your hard-drive music files, Optical Toslink 1: CD player/tape player/turntable/tuner, (anything with an Optical/Toslink out jack) Optical Toslink 2: CD player/tape player/turntable/tuner, (anything with an Optical/Toslink out jack) Line in: your old ipod or your phone via the headphone jack Bluetooth: phone, ipod, tablet, zune...any sound source with bluetooth connectivity
Then you just switch back and forth between sources using the "input selector" knob right on the front of the device next to the volume control.
Note: I find that sometimes my computer disconnects me from the TEAC when switching between sources, and I have to go to my "preferences" panel and re-select the TEAC. Sometimes I even have to switch the TEAC off and back on to get the new source to "see" the TEAC again. Don't ask me...
Now, if I've misunderstood your question, and you are actually wanting to listen to music from many different sources at the same time, use earbuds connected to your phone, then add vinyl or cassette tapes on your TEAC thru external bookshelf speakers (I recommend the very fine Micca MB42X – around $90 for the pair), and then hire a live band to play over both of those sound sources. Or just save your money and join a high school marching band. Either way, should sound spectacular.
No. One at a time.
Stereo Mixer - The sort of device that allows simultaneous playback of multiple sources is generally called a "mixer" and is generally not integrated into an amplifier, although they do exist. I think you'll be hard pressed to find something integrated into a DAC/AMP combo. If you need multiple sources playing together at once you'll find mixers sold among "pro audio" and "DJ" gear. You'll probably have to pair two pieces of equipment together to play two sources at the same time. I know it seems strange that stereo equipment doesn't offer source mixing, but it just doesn't. I've long wondered why it is that way myself. For your reference, here is a low-end mixer that is almost certainly not up to the "purity laws" of most audiophiles, but it is the sort of thing that allows playing two or more sources at the same time: https://www.amazon.com/rolls-MX51S-Mini-Mix-Mixer/dp/B0002BG2S6