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seanadams;363452 Wrote: > Before I begin let me clarify what I am talking about. The issue is not > using passive attenuation in situations where 100% on Transporter > volume control is significantly higher than your actual expected > listening volume. *If your maximum actual listening level is 100% on > Transporter's volume control then your gains are correct*. > > > > Nobody is complaining about noise, but they do seem to want to know how > to get the best performance from their system. > > > > If you like the sound of it that way fine, but Pablolie misstated my > position on this issue as "not officially recommended" when in fact it > is explicity disadvised. > > > > The biggest risk is that you or someone else in the household might > change the volume level using the web interface. We go to great lengths > to ensure that there are no hardware or software bugs in our system that > could cause excessive levels, but I will not claim that there is zero > possibility of that. > > > > The difference is that I am being honest with you. Anyone who tells you > that you can safely, without degrading sound quality, substitute a > digital volume control for electrical level matching between equipment > is simply lying to you. Yes, I am well aware that certain manufacturers > make these claims, and I'm not mincing words here. > > > > You misunderstand. Transporter has the lowest noise floor of > practically any DAC you can buy. It is absurdly low - it's output when > playing silence is indistinguishable to most equipment from a dead > short. > > If we are to believe that this high performance is one of the reasons > that people purchase Transporter, why wouldn't they want to preserve > that level of performance by correctly setting the gains of the > downstream components? > > ALL electronic devices have noise. A bare piece of copper wire, sitting > in free space, has electrical noise across it. If anyone tells you their > DAC or amplifier has _zero_ noise, they are lying to you. I am simply > telling you how to minimize noise in your system to get the best > possible performance. > > If you're with me on noise, then we can proceed to discuss dynamic > range... Sorry, Sean. The "noise" I am referring to is the unexpected and potentially damaging noise that one might encounter if things malfunction when you are running your TP direct into your power amp without any form of external attenuation. BTW, I absolutely love my TP (and I also love my 3 SB's as well) and commend you guys on an absolutely fantastic product. I just wish I could run my units direct, without any external attenuation, into my power amp without fear of blowing things up. -- 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
