Well I had fun testing this in a completely unscientific way. I set my speakers and amp in the perfect position to get a good stereo image, while being able to have my hand on the analog volume control. With SB remote in the other hand I could go back and forth between getting to highest volume with analog attenuater in one hand, digital attenuater in the other. Eg, set volume at #40 on SB to coorelate with Pat Metheny's guitar being earbustingly loud- Then adjusting both simultaneously to change digital volume to #35 while upping analog volume to keep the guitar approximately as 'ear busting' as before.
Unfortunately my amp isn't powerful enough to get me below #30 setting being full volume without obvious distortion introduced by the amp. In the range I was able to cover with my equipment, the quality was not affected by digital attenuation. I suspect having the #30 attenuation on the SB (3/4 volume), act as your maximum volume setting would have negative consequences, but I don't have the equipment, knowledge, or able bodied person to help conduct experiments, so ignore this if deemed necessary.. I'd love to hear how others did tests, with equipment or just unstructured listening though. -- Skunk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20719 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
