------------------------------------------------------------------------ A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55246 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question: Direct to power amp? - Yes - No ------------------------------------------------------------------------
pablolie;362550 Wrote: > It is not officially recommended given the fact you can blow your > speakers (and ears, and neighborhood relations) to shreds if the S'box > goes haywire, which does happen on very rare occasions. It happened to > me after a thunderstorm that my SB3 had gone utterly insane and was > blowing random noises at full volume, and only unplugging it would end > it. So be careful - I would not rely on the Preamp Volume Control > setting, I would make sure there is a way to make sure the max power > coming out of the power amp can not obliterate your speakers. I would submit then that this is an issue that should be fixed? Plenty of companies have designed digital volume controlled preamps that don't suffer this problem. Maybe bring in some Wadia designers to get it right? -- Pneumonic Main: Transporter Squeezebox 3 > Sonic Frontiers Ultra Jitterbug > Roksan DAC/PS Modwright Sony SCD 777ES Sonic Frontiers SFL-2 Pre S.A.R. Labs MOS 450 Power Martin Logan CLS II Speakers Office: Squeezebox 3 > COEM Lite Audio DAC AH McCormack TLC-1 Pre Sonic Frontiers SFS80 Power Elipson Circee Speakers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pneumonic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10091 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55246 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
