>I believe an attenuator will do nothing but allow lower volumes of music, which I do not need. Do you think it may get rid of the excess noise? /QUOTE
Yes, the main reason for analog attenuation is to get lower volumes of noise, since the digital volume control is quite adept at lowering music volume, but not the device's noise floor. The decrease in SNR will be directly proportional to an increase in digital attenuation. I suppose if the noise floor is below audibility it wouldn't matter anyway, but it's good practice to keep SNR high AFAIK. It sounds like you don't need much attenuation at all though (bypass output mod?), so can probably focus elsewhere. My squeezebox doesn't make noise at half volume anyway... >The builder of the amps thought the SB may be "looking" for a stereo amps and suggested grounding the two monos together. I haven't tried that yet. /QUOTE I'd be curious to hear how that works out. I'm pretty sure quite a few have used monos or powered monitors with a Sb. >He also said his amps have been hit or miss with computer based audio due to their high bandwidth and high input impedance. Thanks for the help. /QUOTE My jolida integrated lists input impedance as "= or < 250Kohms" , and doesn't have a problem re- noise. I'm far from an expert, but thought an amp with high input impedance was more ideal for interfacing directly with Squeezeboxen. -- Skunk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33817 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
