------------------------------------------------------------------------ A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55246 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question: Direct to power amp? - Yes - No ------------------------------------------------------------------------
seanadams;363210 Wrote: > That's quite the understatement! :) > > In case I wasn't clear, it is EXPLICITLY, UNEQUIVOCALLY DISADVISED > UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, for reasons that have already been detailed > here ad nauseam. Transporter is NOT a preamp. A digital volume control > should never be used as a substitute for matching levels between > equipment. Omitting electrical attenuation does NOT sound better... > unless, that is, you prefer hearing less dynamic range (resolution) and > a higher noise floor. Sean, I'm perhaps late to the party on this one but I am disappointed to hear that some people have encountered not so nice "noise" issues when using the TP as a digital volume control plugged direct into a power amp. Judging by the results of this poll a significant % of respondents in this audiophile forum are going against your advice and running their SD units direct as a digital volume control. Presumably because they prefer the way it sounds. As an aside, I know in my just concluded testing, I thought the results of going direct was awesome and something that I'd like to further explore. But, if doing so places my speakers and/or ears, at risk I won't continue obviously. That's unfortunate though because of missed opportunity to utilize something that is there (or should be there?) for using. As you know us audiophile's are typically serious tinkers who'll do whatever necessary to try out different things and combinations of gear as they look for just that right, or even just a different, concoction. We get to miss out on this one. I know that other applications of digital volume control by other audio companies don't have such problems so technically something must be amiss with SD's implementation, no? At any rate, the potential "noise" issue is obviously an undesirable situation for those who do run direct and I wonder what, if anything, is being done to address it? Thanks -Kerry -- Pneumonic Main: Transporter Squeezebox 3 > Sonic Frontiers Ultra Jitterbug > Roksan DAC/PS Modwright Sony SCD 777ES Sonic Frontiers SFL-2 Pre S.A.R. Labs MOS 450 Power Martin Logan CLS II Speakers Office: Squeezebox 3 > COEM Lite Audio DAC AH McCormack TLC-1 Pre Sonic Frontiers SFS80 Power Elipson Circee Speakers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pneumonic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10091 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55246 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
