The "DIRECT" input can also be used as a source input, in this case the 6.1 or DIRECT input bypasses the 1050's pre amp per say and provides a cleaner signal to the onboard amplifiers. A kind of "Line Straight" approach. I use this for my CDP's input into the 1050 because it sounds better then the 1050's DAC's vs. when I hook it up via the coaxial digital cable. So in this situation I am desperately trying to explain you can use just 2 of those inputs to run an analog source into the 1050 even though you could have used the regular analog inputs or digital input for this CDP, using the DIRECT input is a cleaner signal.

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Corey
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