beerbunny;153446 Wrote: > I'm running FLAC through a Squeezebox 2 into a pair of Paradigm > Reference 100 V.2 speakers. I don't understand why I get vastly > different sound depending on my hookup. For good sound I run the SB2 > into my Yamaha R-V1105 via the digital optical output. The Yamaha > serves as a preamp and I run RCA cables from the Yamaha into my NAD > S200. If I want to wash out the bass I skip the preamp and run RCA > cables directly from my SB2 into the NAD S200. I've also tried RCA out > of the SB2 into the Yamaha with the same lousy result. I see the > transporter as my next step up because I can run balanced inputs from > the transporter directly to my NAD. However, I'm worried that after I > spend the money, I'll get the same washed out bass that the direct RCA > approach is giving me. What am I missing?
I believe this has been covered elsewhere. The theory is that many "consumer-level" components convert analog to digital internally whether you want them to or not because it's easier and cheaper to process a signal (volume, tone, etc.) when it's digital rather than analog. So, when you connect your SB to your receiver with an analog cable, you are potentially converting digital to analog on the SB, then analog to digital at the preamp stage of the receiver and then digital to analog again at the output stage. That's a lot of converting, and maybe its munging things. -- jonheal Jon Heal says: Have a nice day! http://www.theheals.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jonheal's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2133 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29526 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
