P Floding Wrote: > A word of caution though: > > Just hooking up something to you hifi is most likely to alter the sound > of the system, regardless of wether you are listening to it or not! > > The only exception is hooking up things via optical. (Although there is > still a possibility that the pattern of sound-induced mechnical > vibrations throughout you DAC can alter depending on what is hanging > from it's back!) > > I can easily switch my system from "serious high-end with sound you can > listen to all day, and which really swings" to "somewhat fatiguing, > lacking in excitement and dynamically compressed" just by plugging in > my A/V preamp to the analouge inputs on the high-end pre! (Admittedly, > in this case, via long RCAs. But the effect is also there for other > equipment with shorter cables.)
Yes, but I did my tests with simultaneous alternate connections into and out of the DAC1. Andrew -- Andrew B. ========================================================= SB3-> Benchmark DAC1 -> EAR864 valve pre -> ATC SCM50ASL active speakers... nice! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andrew B.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19850 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
