DCtoDaylight;135713 Wrote: > > As others commented, I could indeed disable the internal volume > control, and use an external one, but "simpler is better". I would > prefer to just run the Transporters output directly to a power amp. Why > add more boxes if you don't really need them?!
As I previously mentioned, I feel that an active preamp is critical for many/most amps out there today (not a cynical remark!). The inputs of most amps are expecting higher voltages than what most digital sources w/volume controls are putting out there. > And given that most people feel pre-dac volume control isn't high end, > why would a device claiming to be the first real high end networked > audio solution employ this technique? (insert your own cynical > comments here!) Because very high end companies like Wadia and dCS have done it without being called "not high end". > By the way, neither BNC, nor EAC/EBU connections reduce jitter > significantly. It's much more to do with the drive and recovery > circuitry (not to mention the jitter inherent in the SPDIF/EAC/EBU > transmission format). Word clock, on the other hand, does help. Yep, never said that BNC or AES/EBU "reduced" jitter...the comment was made in reference to "maintaining low jitter" (in other words, not creating more jitter). Using BNC allows you to have a "true 75ohm" digital cable per the single-ended SPDIF specification, and AES/EBU allows a "true 110ohm" digital cable. Using RCA doesn't allow this because the RCA connector itself is not true 74ohms. -- PhilNYC Sonic Spirits Inc. http://www.sonicspirits.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PhilNYC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27158 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
