JohnSwenson;577067 Wrote: > The original question was about a TVC - a Transformer Volume Control. > Its a transformer with multiple taps and a switch used to select the > appropriate tap. Some people like to use these as volume controls. They > do exist and quite a few people buy them. > > My injunction was NOT to try and change anything about signal carrying > transformer, I don't see how that is a bad thing. Such transformer DO > exist, yes in tube amps (people still buy and build them) as inputs for > balanced lines and even in DACs. > > John S.
Hi there. I own a Stevens&Billington TX102 TVC. It's for sure better then any Pre-Amp or other passive approach I had at home. However. Only very few solutions come close to direct DAC-Amp coupling. Regarding cabling in general: They do make a difference. * Cables are LC elements (filters and/or antennas). -- Different cables must be considered different filters. That's physics. * Cables connectors do make a difference too. Even the condition of the connector surface makes a difference ( Just clean them with contact cleaner). Again - that's physics. * Cable/wire isolation and damping makes a difference. Again - that's physics. Regarding transformers: I dampened them with a car supply sound deadening paste. The biggest effect I experienced by dampening the output coils of my digital amps. Cheers -- soundcheck 'soundcheck's au...@vise - Squeezebox Touch Modification Blog' (http://soundcheck-audio.blogspot.com/p/squeezebox-touch-great-base-for-network.html) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ soundcheck's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34383 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78938 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
