Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio Always On - Transporter option

2010-03-01 Thread Valentino
"Audio Always On" is also a nice feature if 1) Your Transporter is your preamplifier and you like to switch it "off" for display reasons and you don't like that "bump". 2) Your transporter DAC drives your tweeters directly. -- Valentino -

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio Always On - Transporter option

2010-02-05 Thread seanadams
It saves a little electricity but one thing to be aware of is that the outputs may give a small low frequency thump during power on/off. This is not a problem with correct gain staging. As for auto-sensing amps - Transporter's outputs are so quiet that they are actually quieter when ON (actively

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio Always On - Transporter option

2010-02-05 Thread DaveWr
I would leave it as is. It's not going to cause any wear. Dave -- DaveWr DaveWr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74930 __

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio Always On - Transporter option

2010-02-05 Thread garym
aha! So in my case, with transporter direct to preamp (that i turn on/off manually) this setting is not relevant with regard to the TRANSPORTER itself (i.e., leaving audio always on is not causing the transporter to keep things on that shouldn't be on 24/7. -- garym

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio Always On - Transporter option

2010-02-05 Thread DaveWr
Audio always on / off is for a variety of uses. Historically, some people wanted it off when the attached Squeeze XYZ was off, as their DAC amplifier etc would shut down automatically with no signal. Others wanted the digital audio to remain on, as their DAC etc had a delay to sync with a music

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio Always On - Transporter option

2010-02-05 Thread garym
Quick question. I noticed with my Transporter that one of my audio options is "Audio Always On" vs "power down audio when off". Any thoughts on why I would want one vs the other? Leaving audio always on, doesn't seem to interfere with the fact that when I stop (pause) music I get the weather scr