jasell;392308 Wrote: > > Reading what you say (if what I wanted to do with postive pre amp) I > understand that it potentialy could produce a to high voltage signal > for the amplifier. This would also apply to having a separate OP/preamp > between before the signal input.
No, that is not the problem. Clipping the amps inputs would not be a problem until you reach the maximum power capability of the amp, at which point it doesn't matter by what means you got there. The issue is that the source device's (SB's) outputs can only reach some specified maximum voltage by design. Attempting to increase the level digitally will simply clip the signal (horrible, hard clipping) against that maximum voltage level. The thing you're looking for is exactly the definition of a traditional preamp. Now, a "digital preamp" could accomplish this just the same as an "analog preamp", but a proper digital preamp would be capable of significantly higher output voltages than a Squeezebox (or CD player, or whatever). -- seanadams ------------------------------------------------------------------------ seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59149 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
