Skunk, About the channel separation iam not sure, But i have done some more testing today. I prefer the 80%-90% volume setting because the music sounds more open and less harsh treble. (More "tube like" sound) About the "Fidelity Recordings" that are properly mastered, I prefer the reduced volume setting on them to. But mabye my mind is playing with me?
What volume setting do you prefer? 80% 100% etc? I Think some of the "Effect" can be explained by the "Neilson_Lund paper" And some of other thinks like OP amps / Dac having more headroom? About the "Ideal Waveform" Squeezebox Volume setting test, is that from the SB3 Analog outputs? Newbuyer, I have only done some quick testing with the Analog output from the SB3. To make thinks clearer, i Compared my external dac to SB3 to find out if something was wrong with my Dac. But i emediatly heard that my dac sounded better than SB3 internal ones. I havent done so much testing regarding volume settings from the SB3 analog outputs. But as you wrote to compare the SB3 analogs, and your DAC, each at 80% is the right thing to do. I highly recommend Squeezebox! is extremely easy to use and sounds very good from the analog outputs. And if you want to go further with a external DAC or "The Transporter" then you have true HI-END ! :-) Best regards! /Mats :-) -- omega ------------------------------------------------------------------------ omega's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31165 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
