Hi there I'm a happy owner of SB Classic, older one with Slim Devices logo on it, and was trying to connect it to the power amplifier directly to see how it goes. And found interesting problem here.
My power amp is Electrocompaniet AW100DMB, with some connectors which allow to connect RCA cables to its XLR sockets. One second after pressing the power button I can hear some switch inside, and then it works - sound is coming. Or if I don't hear this switch, it doesn't start and there's no sound. And here's what happens with the power amp (EC) - with CD player or any PRE-AMP connected, it starts fine. - if I connect the SB3, it doesn't start. - if I run it unconnected completely, it doesn't start. - if I connect the SB3 to preamplifier, and pre to EC, starts fine. - if I connect the SB3 to a PASSIVE preamp, and then to power amp, it starts fine. (pre is Creek OBH 14 which can serve as a DAC as well, but I'm running it without any power connected to it so it is really passive). - if I connect like above, to a passive preamp, but use it's outputs marked "fixed", which makes it skip the volume control, it runs fine (!). Everytime I start EC, there's no signal coming (SB3 is paused or powered off with the remote). So the question is, why the combo SB3 + EC doesn't run? It's really incredible to me. Could this be some grounding problem in SB3, which the EC detects, or what else? I'm also interested in your experience with connecting SB3 directly to a power amp. -- azaz44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ azaz44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81664 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
