andynormancx;545238 Wrote: > Given that the DSP6000, DSP5500HC and DSP5000 appear to have purely > digital inputs, how can the volume adjustments made by the G68 be > anything else that done digitally ?
It sends commands to the DSP Speakers over a serial port to each speaker to adjust it's own preamp. Twin cables run to each speaker, one Serial/one SPDIF. How do think you would control volume if you hooked a CD player direct to a DSP Speaker? Gosh, Meridian sure has confused the average audio enthusiast. The biggest difference is really that Meridian keeps it digital longer, which allows crossovers to be done digitally. So there are 3-4 Channels of DACs, Preamps and Amps in each speaker. This allows for much smaller amps because the crossovers don't eat power in heat dissipation as passive ones do. And each amp can be tuned for their frequency range. They also have DSP code to calibrate for driver behavior to get the response they want. And a bunch of other cool tricks. But they would never do 100% DSP Analog Volume (a.k.a. Digital Attenuation), who would ever do that !! Oh never mind, forgot what forum I'm on :) -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter/DuetController > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > DuetReceiver > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78477 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
