seanadams Wrote: > I hope the preceding comments about SNR made sense. Squeezebox is *not* > a preamp! If you don't want to use a preamp, you need something like > this: > > http://www.rothwellaudioproducts.co.uk/html/attenuators.html > > Although probably -20db or so. It's just a couple resistors. (BTW do > not "stack" these attenuators - try to get ones of the right value). > > The problem is not the SB's noise floor per se, it is that you're not > using the digital volume control as intended. BTW, I somewhat regret > putting the "preamp" volume control setting in there - it is not a > substitute for analog attenuation and should NOT be used in a high-end > system at large attentuation levels. > > Max volume on SB *must* correspond to your max listening level. Even if > the noise floor were 50dB lower, you would still be throwing away most > of the DAC's dynamic range by going direct into an amp. It would be a > complete waste of a very nice system not to do this correctly!
Hello All, I have a question concerning the external attenuators. My current setup is a Musical Fidelity A3CR power amplifier and Epos 12.2 speakers with my Squeezebox connected directly to the power amp. I find with the default settings (preamp settings is set to 0) I must set the squeezebox volume to 55%-65% to have the output volume at a decent listening level and for an 'engaging level' the volume level is at 75%-85%. So my question is should i still purchase attenuators for my amplifier squeezebox given that the squeezebox seems by default well matched to my system? (note i plan on purchasing a pre-amplifier / dac in the future) -best -gwak -- gwak ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gwak's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5809 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24445 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
