Correct, it's an integrated amp. I connect the SB3 to the lavry with a toslink. I have set the volume setting in the SB3 to MAX ( 100 ) and the lavry to 40. Do you mean I should max the lavry too ?
Eric Carroll;182012 Wrote: > Given you have an integrated amp, you have a volume control. I assume > you have the SB3 connected digitally to the DAC... > > The consensus is that you should preferentially use the analog volume > control if possible. This means setting SB3 to full volume on the > digital output side. Similarly on the DAC side, have it output at a > constant (full) line level. Then use the integrated amp volume control > to actually set the volume. This will preserve dynamic range through > the digital chain. > > If you find that your full line level is not properly matched to the > integrated amp, and you have to set the integrated amp volume control > "too low", you can add attenuation between the DAC and the integrated > amp. The benefit of adding fixed attentuation in front of the > integrated amp is that the noise floor will get reduced as well as the > signal, preserving SNR, instead of decreasing the DAC volume, which > reduces signal but not noise, thus decreasing SNR. -- thingfish ------------------------------------------------------------------------ thingfish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9126 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32929 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
