mlsstl <mlsstl.7fz...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com> writes: > cliveb wrote: >> In the context of using digital volume control, the purpose of passive >> attenuation in the analogue domain is so you can avoid applying a lot of >> digital attenuation - which results in loss of resolution. >> >> As far as achieving passive attenuation, using a preamp's volume control >> is pretty much the same as adding attenuators. They both achieve the >> same result - delivering a reduced signal level to the power amp. And of >> course a preamp volume control gives you greater control over the amount >> of attenuation. That's why I said if you're using the preamp, there's >> little point adding attenuators. Passive attenuators really come into >> their own when you're driving a power amp directly from a digital source >> and using digital volume control. > Apologies to rkrug.
Why? I have to apologize as I hijacked this thread - you give valuable input. > > Cliveb is correct. It is the digital volume control of the Touch that I > like to keep in its upper volume range when I'm listening critically. > Unlike digital volume controls, resistance based analog volume controls > don't directly lose resolution at their lower settings. The problem with > many analog volume controls is that they don't track accurately between > the left and right channels as you adjust them up and down. That can be > solved by using hard-wired resistors for a fixed reduction setting or > the more expensive variable potentiometers. OK - another piece of useful info. Rainer > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > mlsstl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9598 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105611 > > _______________________________________________ > audiophiles mailing list > audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles -- Rainer M. Krug email: Rainer<at>krugs<dot>de PGP: 0x0F52F982
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