sbn wrote:
i could use the same money on a high quality power amplifier...
Good idea.
Can you recommend connecting it directly, without any additional volume
control? I've read that somebody warns against this (blows speakers if
volume is set too loud etc)
Yes.
With anything connected directly, if you put too much signal in it,
you can blow up the speakers or even the amp.
The "problem" that has been mentioned is occasional noise that
is too loud.
With a reasonable amp and speakers, real music should not harm the
speakers.
In the olden days, rock-n-roll fans would often blow out tweaters
and occasionally woofers, by playing music at insane levels when the
amp did not have the power. A 'clipping' amp sends distorted waveforms
that can destroy any speaker.
I have never seen the white noise problem, myself, from my squeezeboxen.
And I'm not sure I understand why putting a preamp or volume attenuator
in the circuit will prevent any real or imagined problem.
My other concern is the typical required input voltage of a power
amplifier... Is the maximum output level from the SB high enough to use
the full potential of the connected power amplifier
Yes. The output driver of a SqueezeBox will directly drive any
reasonable amplifier. Especially your planned "high quality power amplifier"
The power amp that i'm looking at has these specs:
Unbalanced input: Phono/20kohm/0.6V
This is phono jacks (i.e. RCA), right? Not meaning phonograph
which is far lower signal level.
I've read in another thread that the SB output can be up to 1.8volt, so
that should be plentiful?
I think it actually is closer to 2.0 v.
The good news is that you can just try it, and if you need
tone controls or other stuff that a preamp adds, you can add it in later.
This all assumes that you are matching your power amp with your
speakers. You don't want to connect some 500 watt monoblocks to
Lowthers or Klipshorn horn speakers. They work better with 5 watt tube
systems.
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Pat
http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html
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