Read Sean's post on the matter: if the SB3 is your source, then you need something between it and your amp(s). That would mean using your preamp. The deal is that you run a real, if as yet unrealised by anyone on this forum, chance of a digital failure of sorts followed by the blowing of your speakers. Also, in an ideal world, you want to max out the volume of the SB3 and use analogue attenuation -- that you avoid any chance of signal degradation.
LikeButtah;154940 Wrote: > Hey team, > > I've just put together a new system, and am looking for the best way to > get good sound of my (unmodded) SB3. > > At the moment I'm using a Quad 33 Preamp, and 303 Poweramp to a pair > Dynaudio Audience 52s. My speaker wire is some flavour of Ixos, and my > interconnects are complete garbage (i'm having a friend custom make > some good ones, having Quad stuff means DIN and that makes things > tricky). > > It seems to me that for at least the next sixth months, until I get a > turntable, the Squeezebox will be my only source. Should I run it > through the 33, or just go direct to the poweramp and use the SB volume > control for everything? > > At present, I find myself using the SB volume control a lot anyway > because the Quad doesnt have a remote. Strangely, I find the whole > thing sounds better when the SB volume is lower (~50) and I increase > the volume on the Quad. Does that make sense? > > Anyhow, I'm hoping you guys can offer some relatively inexpensive > advice, as I'm a student, and can't really afford much of anything. -- highdudgeon Relax. It's about the music. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ highdudgeon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2195 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29722 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
