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pablolie;363483 Wrote: > I am not sure what you mean or how this refers to anything I have > written. The audiophiles in here that are connecting the SB3 or TP > directly to a poweramp (attenuation or not) are using the digital > volume control as well. That is what you do if you eliminate a preamp, > whether you are an audiophile or not. I use digital volume control on > all secondary systems, but not on my primary audio one where I use a > classic SB3->DAC->integrated amp configuration. In any case, I think > you'd be surprised by how many audiophiles use digital volume control, > and how skillfully they'd argue that it does not necessarily negatively > affect audio quality. Fine you could argue that the volume control algorithm operates at 24 bits internally and hence will not adversely affect a 16 bit signal at least to an audible level. Some people believe in keeping the bits perfect until the DAC but I could see some people arguing that a well implemented digital volume control is nothing to worry about. However, no matter what digital attenuation will reduce your S/N ratio. It's just a given. You are no longer operating at the full output of the DAC in relation to baseline noise levels. I want to use a stepped attenuator, but I need to know how it will affect my impedance matching before I do that. -- sxr71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sxr71's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18773 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55246 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
