My SB3 is connected to my TC Electronic Konnekt live http://www.tcelectronic.com/KonnektLive.asp by means of the coaxial SPDIF. I had my volume control set to fixed (100%). Ive notice on several occasions that with certain songs there is a kind of distortion audible. Today I decided to have a closer look at what the possible cause could be. The TC Konnekt has a control panel and there Im able to monitor incoming signals. The interesting thing is that with the volume control of the SB3 at 100% the SPDIF signal is hitting the 0 dB quite often as in the below example.
'[image: http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/2218/spdif.png]' (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/37/spdif.png/) Especially new CDs today are recorded with high sound levels (reducing the dynamic range) but that could be a potential cause of the distortion Im having with certain songs. As far as digital is concerned, 0 dB is the absolute maximum and this could be an explanation of what Im seeing (or better yet, hearing). At least lowering the SB3 volume to between 84 and 90 seems to solve the distortion. Does anyone have similar experiences with their SB connected to a DAC? -- Pascal Hibon 2 x SB3, 1 x SB Boom and 1 x SB Radio - all wireless ReadyNAS NVX running SBS iPeng on iPod Touch. Vote for Tone Controls on SB Radio: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15436 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pascal Hibon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7969 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88835
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