------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
cliveb;363507 Wrote: > Problem is that the poll question was a little vague, so some people > (myself included) voted "yes" when we should have voted "no", for the > simple reason that we consider using passive attenuation to be > "direct". That poll question should probably be posed again but worded differently. Any volunteerS? cliveb;363507 Wrote: > > Here's an interesting thought. Everyone talks about what might happen > in the unlikely event that the TP emits full-scale white noise. But > consider the case where you do have a normal preamp in circuit (most of > which have gain) being driven from a TP at 100% volume. What about the > unlikely event that someone else in the family (small children are > notorious for fiddling) turns the volume up to maximum and you don't > notice before switching on and playing Death Magnetic (complete with > its digital clipping). This seems just as likely a scenario as the > infamous "burst of white noise". That's why dedicated rooms, with locks on them, are requirements <hehe> -- 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
