Apologies for not responding - away for Thanksgiving and all. Just wanted to thanknyou all for the great info. I'll set up my HK receiver again one day and see of I can tell a difference. If I can I'll llok into more of the suggested options.
Many thanks again Larry richidoo;156258 Wrote: > Analog output S/N is degraded by any use of the digital volume control, > because only the digital music portion of the signal is attenuated, not > the noise from the analog stage that follows the DAC, which spews noise > at full gain all the time. The digital output is not affected as much > by the software volume control because the volume setting is tacked on > to the 16 bit audio stream as an extra 8 bits and is peeled off inside > the DAC, yielding true 16 bit resolution regardless of volume setting. > The digital processing of the stream for volume changes will add > mathematical distortion which is dithered very well and not audible by > non-mutant beings. (I watched X-Men last night :) > > While noise from analog outs may not be noticeable to some people, I > have high sensitivity speakers and find the noise to be very annoying > when I use power amps instead of my integrated. > > Tip: set the display brightness settings on the SB to SHUT OFF after > lighting up only during activity. Most of the noise comes from the > plasma display, right channel only. Slimserver lets you adjust the > brightness during use and at idle. Set the idle brightness to off. No > fancy meters though :( > > No doubt the HK receiver's pre section will hurt the signal, but will > maintain S/N better than the built in SB VC. If you can hear the > difference, then you are a true audiophile. I am sooo sorry. hehe - > Start savin buddy! Check out placette.com, good stuff. Or maybe an > external DAC with built in volume control like Benchmark ($1000), or a > passive volume control like CIAudio.com ($400). Lots of possibilities > in the smart end of high end audio. > Rich -- LHawes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LHawes's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6244 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29859 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
