Man in a van wrote: > So you are using the jack outputs from the dac direct into the speakers > and controling the volume via alsamixer ? > No, I'm just using the Material/Squeezelite-X apps to control volume. I've not delved into Alsamixer before. Looks like some more light reading!
> > As Jivelite is a visualisation software for controlling the squeezebox > playback, my suggestion was to use a different OS running Squeezelite to > see if you experience the same problem. > Good idea - will give it a try. > > I have had a quick look at the speaker spec (well reviewed by > Sound-on-Sound) and there seems to be no method to adjust the input > impedance. (I have some Mackie Actives and I can adjust the impedance > value which allows greater or lesser use of the volume control). > Attenuators on the speaker input might help, but only if you happen to > have a pair, as they are a little expensive. > Yes - though I see Farnell do some cheaper ones. Also I have XLR-RCA adapters so can make use of the different input gains. > > It's a question of working through the audio outputs that are offered > and if non work then trying attenuation. > > It might even be that the dac hat might be faulty ? > > Have you tried using the rapberry pi headphone output, first into > headphone) and then into the speakers via a line level 3.5mm /rca phone > cable, as another part of the elimination process (and available for > little money) ? > Yes I need to do some more testing - plus I have RCA/minijack cables. Tx for all the suggestions! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mr-b's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10044 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103330 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
