cliveb;224540 Wrote: > Adding any kind of active electronics into the signal path can only ever > degrade the signal. If you use a device that's good enough (and I > suspect the ATC SCA2 probably *is* good enough), then the degradation > will be beneath the threshold of audibility, and therefore > transparent. > > But a handful of metal film resistors to make up a passive attenuator > costs a darn sight less than an SCA2. If you're only interested in the > preamp so you can play vinyl, remember you'll need the optional SPH2 > board as well, further upping the price. An alternative and cheaper > setup would be to use a standalone phono preamp plus an A/D converter > and feed that into one of the Transporter's digital inputs.
This looks a very neat solution. Thank you. I'll look out for a suitable phono stage and A/D converter. Any suggestions? -- iwalker ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iwalker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13004 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33868 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
