richidoo;156576 Wrote: > Stability and noise should not be a concern, so a preamp is not > necessary for attenuation or protection, anymore than you would need > one for a DAC or CDP w/VC.
There are some rare failure modes where the Squeezebox can send out full-range, 100% power white noise, the "white noise of death" as it's been termed. There were a few reports of this about 6-8 months ago, nothing since (well, caused by the same spontaneous failure anyway) and no Transporter has been reported doing this. This was very, very rare. Slim Devices was desperate to reproduce it but it was so uncommon they have not been able to. However, it's for this reason that IIRC Sean advised some protection/attenuation in case this did occur. This is particularly important if you're using an auto-on amp or if you keep the amp on. There was a case where someone came home from work and this was happening - had been going on for hours according to neighbours. -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29151 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
