Andy8421;399481 Wrote: > Ligald, > > I have driven my Krell poweramp direct from a TP via balanced > connections. To be honest, it sounded the best I have ever heard the > TP or my system sound. Ditching the pre-amp between the TP and > poweramp eliminates additional distortion and noise, no matter how good > the preamp. I only went back to the preamp as I needed its switching > capability. > > Using the TP volume control does work with balanced, but at low level, > the maths behind the volume control will introduce noise.
Strictly speaking, it does not "introduce noise." However, since the noise floor is constant, reducing the signal will reduce the signal to noise ratio. -- jeffmeh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jeffmeh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3986 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60495 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
