cliveb;295398 Wrote: > The Transporter output attenuators only operate on the unbalanced > outputs. The MC402 has the option of balanced inputs, and from my > experience (and a number of others around here), you really owe it to > yourself to use balanced. That means if you need attenuation, it'll > have to be external. Start without any attenuation and turn the TP > volume right down, then gradually increase it until you get as loud as > you'll ever want. That tells you how much attenuation (if any) you > need. > > That said, I see the MC402 input sensitivity is 4V on the balanced > inputs, which is actually fairly low. Many balanced power amps have a > sensitivity around 2V, some even as high as 1V. So you may well find > that you're OK without any attenuation at all.
I'll give that a try on the Mc. I tried balanced out of the TP to the Krell I just sold and couldn't hear much of a diff. Maybe just the littlest bit. It was easy to A-B with both hooked up and I adjusted the volume to match them. I have also read where several people said they liked RCA better when they A-B'ed. Still, gotta love that *click* though when connecting the balanced connections. I plan to buy a pair of Golden Cross cables as I've heard they are very smooth. RCA and XLR are equal in price for those cables. I kind of like not having an external attenuator but no big deal really. As long as it's not one of the stepping or external boxes that I've seen. A small, fixed bullet-sized one would be ok. Thanks for the advice. -- wireless200 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ wireless200's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11887 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46786 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
