Patrick Dixon Wrote: 
> I would go with bludragon's suggestion above.
> 
> Make sure you use the latest nightly, and you won't suffer any
> rounding, just a small reduction in effective S/N at the DAC which will
> probably be at least partially compensated for by running your power amp
> at higher gain.
> 
> I can pretty much guarantee you won't hear any ill effects, but if
> you're still worried, do a listening comparision between the two
> approaches and let your ears decide.

Patrick, do you mean download the nightly 6.2.x or the 6.5 beta? Also,
I thought volume control was performed by the firmware in the  SB3. Is
there a thread somewhere that explains how the digital volume reduction
works currently in the SB3?


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