giga;170707 Wrote: > Hi, > > I am considering plugging the SB into a PowerAmp (not integrated). > > Some people say that an attenuator is needed for when the SB goes crazy > and spit out byte-swapped packets that can blowup speakers. Other thinks > I need a preamp other that I should not do it. > > Have you try this? What's your experience with it? > > Also I only found fixed gain attenuators, not variable gain... do you > have any advices on what attenuator to get? > > THANKS! > > Setup: SB3 -> B^K ST140 -> Vandersteen 2Ce
I run the SB3 straight into a Krell. I have dialled in 5 dB of attenuation in the "preamp volume" setting, and sometimes listen on max volume (apart from the attenuation). With a fixed attenuator (or one which is rarely touched) you would still get pretty massive output into the speakers, and if it is the wrong kind (lots of power) I bet it could damage the speakers. So the real benefit of a preamp is probably that you keep the volume low almost all of the time, so any catastrophic event is likely to happen when the volume is low -or even another source is selected. Using attenuation and the SB's volume control will not give this protection. (Unless the attenuator is turned down most of the time.) I try to turn off the power amp as often as possible, wheras before I left it on all the time. -- P Floding ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31698 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
