markgwoodruff Wrote: 
> I found that when using the analog outputs, the sound was better with a
> 12dB passive attenuator before my amp and the SB3 volume near 40. With
> the digital output feeding a Musical Fidelity X-DAC v3, however, it
> actually sounded better without the attenuator and the volume lower (in
> the 20s). I presume this is because the X-DAC is pretty darn close to a
> real 24 bit DAC so that it's not losing that much resolution at lower
> volume levels, but I don't know for sure.
But the internal DAC in the SB3 is also "pretty darn close to a real 24
bit DAC".


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