opaqueice Wrote: > I have a question about the effect on audio quality of the squeezebox 3 > digital volume control. > ... > > Any suggestions?
If you forgo the DAC, you can run the analog outs from the SB direct into the amp. That is a great way to go as well as being the cheapest way. You make use of the preamp volume level feature of the SB3, which you can fine tune to your desired listening max volume. If you must use a DAC, then you give up that preamp volume control. The digital volume control doesn't work the same way, and it is not as nice because of the noise floor of the DAC. Because you have to turn down the SB3's digital volume very low to bring the sound to reasonable listening levels, any noise in the DAC whatsoever becomes very loud in comparison. In effect you are at the mercy of the noise floor (blackness) of the DAC, and with my DAC direct into my (500wpc) amp the hiss was audible. If you have a DAC with an output attenuator you might be able to avoid this problem by lowering the DAC's output and raising the SB3's digital volume. Or as suggested above install some external attenuators after the DAC so that you don't have to run the digital volume control so low. Alternately, if you have the world's quietest DAC you might not have an issue. -Dan -- dwc ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dwc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21617 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
