Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Amiga 500 power supply for SB3 - good idea?

2007-09-11 Thread sbn
Now i've tried the A500 PSU with the Squeezebox, and i think the sound is better with the stock PSU - i just sounds more "closed" and uninteresting with the A500 PSU, i was expecting the opposite -- sbn ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Amiga 500 power supply for SB3 - good idea?

2007-07-16 Thread sbn
r connector and going to some store to buy a DC connector and mounting it. And, if anybody could tell about their bad experiences with this particular PSU, it'd also be helpful to keep me from eventually wasting time... -- sbn --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Amiga 500 power supply for SB3 - good idea?

2007-07-07 Thread sbn
in addition to signor_rossi's question: Are there any easy ways to determine if a PSU makes noise, without expensive equipment as oscilloscopes etc? -- sbn sbn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Amiga 500 power supply for SB3 - good idea?

2007-07-06 Thread sbn
improvement in sound quality, compared to the stock PSU? it'd be nice to hear people's opinion before mounting a proper connector on it :) -- sbn sbn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?user

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Default Maximum "safe" voltage from PSU to SB3?

2007-05-14 Thread sbn
he SB3 tolerate the 6.33 voltage? Or is the 4.77V sufficient, without sound quality impacts? -- sbn sbn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6907 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/sh

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: prove squeezebox doesn't upsample?

2006-08-31 Thread sbn
for digital out... -- sbn sbn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6907 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26891 ___ audiop

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB3 directly connnected to a preamp - is that recommended?

2006-08-29 Thread sbn
sions untill tomorrow where I'll power it to the max... I just dont want to be in a situation where max volume is too low and min volume is too loud... -- sbn sbn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Preamp Volume Control - how does it work?

2006-08-28 Thread sbn
vices guys will come by for a look at this thread... -- sbn sbn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6907 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/sh

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB3 directly connnected to a preamp - is that recommended?

2006-08-28 Thread sbn
ttenuation be the sole > gatekeeper of 500 Watts- with 98dB Lowthers hooked to it. At that point > you'd be listening around 1/5 of full volume, and that may be low enough > to audibly affect the signal. I get your point :-) I'm considering a 100-150W

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB3 directly connnected to a preamp - is that recommended?

2006-08-28 Thread sbn
Skunk: This is the thread i was talking about, with the volume control thing http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16004&highlight=0011 -- sbn sbn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.p

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB3 directly connnected to a preamp - is that recommended?

2006-08-28 Thread sbn
e: > http://www.rothwellaudioproducts.co.uk/html/attenuators.html , and > ezkcdude uses the Endler (variable) attenuators: which you'll have to > google for. > -- sbn sbn's Profile: http://forums.

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Preamp Volume Control - how does it work?

2006-08-28 Thread sbn
propriate digital word is written to the > serial control port of the chip. > Okay, so the attenuation might be a feature of the DAC, adjusting some kind of master voltage in the DAC, affecting the output? -- sbn

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Preamp Volume Control - how does it work?

2006-08-27 Thread sbn
x27;s all wrong? In short: What's the impacts of the volume control and the preamp attenuation, and how do they work? -- sbn sbn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6907 View this thread:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3 directly connnected to a preamp - is that recommended?

2006-08-27 Thread sbn
7;m looking at has these specs: Unbalanced input: Phono/20kohm/0.6V I've read in another thread that the SB output can be up to 1.8volt, so that should be plentiful? -- sbn sbn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com