atkinsonrr;135990 Wrote: > You are the only one to answer, so I really appreciate it. I was > getting worried, as one main reason I ordered Transporter was to > replace a preamp in the chain. I got spooked reading a thread in this > forum from a day or two ago that talked about the problems with digital > volume controls and seemed to indicate the Transporter would behave much > like a passive preamp. But you are saying it is active and should sound > like an active preamp? >From what I've read, I've never got the impression that the Transporter's output is anything other than active. Of course I don't know how the balanced outputs are built, but chances are they use something like Texas DRV134 or Analog Devices SSM2142 chips, or equivalent circuits using high-spec opamps. (Transformers seem very unlikely - good ones are far too expensive).
Apart from common mode noise rejection, another raison d'etre of balanced outputs is that they *must* be able to drive long interconnects. If the Transporter's balanced outputs are not able to do this, then they are fundamentally flawed. And we know that Slim Devices are good engineers - they surely won't have dropped the ball on this. -- cliveb Performers -> dozens of mixers and effects -> clipped/hypercompressed mastering -> you think a few extra ps of jitter matters? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27364 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
