pnielsen;260598 Wrote: > Yes, and this is not a good thing. This amp forces you to control the > volume in the digital domain, and as a result signal resolution is lost > at lower playback levels than maximum level. > > If the amp is inexpensive, why not. However, the "true digital" feature > of this amp is really not worth a penny extra, because of the fact that > you still have to control the volume in the digital domain... (A good > true digital amp would take full level digital input and have some > innovative feature for controlling the volume that preserves the full > signal resolution to the DAC or PWM. TacT Millennium and other TacT > amps do this, for example). > > Don't buy the digital claim of this amp. A good conventional amplifier > with analog volume control and built in (or external) DAC will sound > better any day... > > Peter.
I'd be more concerned about the anemic wattage this has to offer and the fact that it resamples Squeezebox audio to 48kHz. I think most users actually want to be able to control the volume via the Squeezebox (remote). I do agree that resolution is lost at lower volumes though, as I experience this now with an old Onkyo analog amp. I am forced to leave the volume on the Onkyo set at a static level so I can control the volume with the Squeezebox, and it's at lower volumes that the loss is more noticeable. -- EnochLight ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EnochLight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3392 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42445 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
