adamslim;225816 Wrote: > The SB3 volume control is quite transparent - it all works at 24 bits, > so for CDs does not truncate bits (the major quality loss) until you > are reducing volume really quite a lot. However, it will increase the > S/N ratio in the DAC, which will have a small impact on quality - but > this may be less than caused by an analogue volume control. > > However, if you are happy with your pre-amp volume control, best sound > from the SB3 must be at full volume. This is doing the least > processing. > > My amp does not have a remote volume, and I am happy to use the SB3 > volume in the range 80-100 or so (and I consider myself pretty > fussy!). > > Adam
Thanks a lot for the very fast and clear answer! It's very conforting to buy a product backed-up by audiophiles. So if I understood corectly, the volume is adjusted before the DAC, digitaly, just like it would with replay gain enabled. Moreover, thanks to the 24-bits computing I don't have to worry about too much about rounding errors. Still I'll probably let the level at 100 and use my pre-amp ;) -- testic ------------------------------------------------------------------------ testic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38233 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
