> Honestly, I simply don't care if some audiophiles think digital volume > controls are bad. IMO, it all comes down to the implementation, and > most importantly, how it sounds to me. The digital volume control of > the SB2 must be implemented very well, because it sounds very > good...period. It sounds OK to me too - I tried it through a Naim pre-amp and I think it is fractionably less dynamic at half volume than full; but very passable.
I've also built some chipamp based power amps and run them directly from the SB2 using the digital volume control. The only problem with this approach is that the SB2's output level, at about 6V pp, is way too high for comfortable listening, unless the fixed gain of the amp is significantly reduced. Obviously, since your mods bypass the SB2's 2x output gain stage completely, you probably wouldn't suffer this problem. I haven't tried a battery based psu, but I have replaced Sean's 'Big Ass' PSU technology with a more 'British' approach to psu design. I'm very happy with the results so far, but I just 'know' there is more to come. -- Patrick Dixon www.at-view.co.uk _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
