I disagree with Pat Farrell, when he says "There can be no audio quality improvement in adding anything to the audio chain"
I conneted the SB3 to a DAC, the Benchmark DAC1, and the improvement in quality of sound was remarkable! Please try it! Regards Joe Gueron Pat Farrell;188363 Wrote: > Jitterbug wrote: > > As for connecting the SB3 directly to a power amp, it would be > better > > (for audio quality and safety reasons) to use some type type of > preamp. > > Many here use passive preamps which can be inexpensive. > > I beg to differ. There can be no audio quality improvement in adding > anything to the audio chain. > > And there have been many threads on direct connection of a SqueezeBox > to > an amp. With proper gain matching, there is no safety issue. You may > need attenuators, Sean Adams pointed out some high quality and > reasonably priced models. > > Audiophile passive preamps tend to be very pricey for what the do, > which > is nearly nothing by switching. > > To be direct. You do not _need_ a preamp when using a SqueezeBox or > Transporter. > > -- > Pat > http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html -- jgueron ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jgueron's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9483 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33669 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
