I have on order the Paradigm Referene Studio 60 v.4 based on an audition and some research I did.
I see from the Bryston manual web page the 4B-ST does not have the gain switch on it that I am wondering about on the 3B-SST... interesting. You can select balanced or unbalanced but not the input sensitivity. The "professional" version of the 4B-ST has a pot on the front to select gain but no switch. Based on reading I have been doing in this forum I think I understand the issue better now. The problems are basically: 1. amp clipping due to overdrive of amp input 2. speaker risk due to overdriving amp input 3. Risk to wife's ears due to accidentally setting the volume "too high" due to too high input sensitivity 4. possible issues of operating the Tp 40dB or more down on the digital volume control as routine (risk of loss of SNR) So I think I will hook it up, try it on 2V setting and see what the volume control says in comparison to 0dB. If I have to run the Tp volume control really far down, I will perhaps shift over to unbalanced and use the built in manual attenuators. If you are running your Tp at -12dB (or is -12 actually -6dB, not sure) then hopefully I won't have any issues at all, since, as far as I can tell, the 4B-ST is using the equivalent of the "1V" setting on the 3B-SST. Thanks for the input! -- Eric Carroll ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Carroll's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9293 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31096 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
