Wow! I can't believe how much improved the digital output is when you do this analog mute trick... and I have an OBJECTIVE measure of the improvement!
I have a wireless doorbell repeater in my house (Heath XL-6166-RX-A), and I've noticed that, when playing certain music (for example- In Trutina by Hayley Westenra), the doorbell always rings when she hits two high notes, and the entire track sounded pretty horrible in my system, even through my Benchmark DAC-1. I have attributed it to "digititis" and assumed it was a flaw in *MY* system... so much so, that I have been auditioning Tube Pre-Amps, to try and rectify it. I just auditioned a friend's Art Audio VPS DM Pre, and lo and behold, it totally eliminated that "digital glare" and did NOT trigger the doorbell. I had concluded that a Tube Pre was what my sytem was lacking, and was actually about to buy a Modwright SWL 9.0 today (almost $2000!) Fortunately, reading about this Analog Mute trick (PreAmp Volume Control setting at 63), I tried it, and to my amazement... NO MORE "digititis" whatsoever, and no more triggering of my wireless doorbell. I have left everything else untouched and switched back and forth a few times with the mute trick, and the effect is 100% reproducible. This has taken my system to the next level, and just saved me ~$2000! Now, this begs the question (for Sean I suppose), WHY does this work??? It certainly sounds like there could be a permanent software fix for this issue. -- sleepysurf squeezebox2 (with elpac linear psu) to benchmark dac1, direct to sunfire cinema grand 200 ~five (vertically bi-amped) driving ml aerius i's, blue jeans cables. 'click to see my system' (http://www.martinloganowners.com/~tdacquis/forum/showthread.php?t=732) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sleepysurf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26332 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
