darrenyeats;423899 Wrote: > It's true that using a digital volume control results in "sonic > degradation" but there are a couple of points to consider. > > 1. "Sonic degradation" does not mean "audible degradation". > > 2. Any volume control results in "degradation" of the signal. The valid > comparison is between a system using digital volume control > _with_no_preamp_ to a system including a traditional preamp in the > signal path. In certain situations (not all) the digital volume control > can be better overall. The key words are "certain situations" and > "overall". > Darren
Ouch, Darren you're being awfully sensitive there. But that is kind of my point in that Stone goes on and on about this, at least to me, very minor point. In fact it's as if he's looking for something bad to say about the Transporter and can only come up with the volume control issue. I do think that music streaming devices, be they made by LogiTech or by some other company, are giving the high end audio world fits since these devices all seem to punch way above their weight. Even the lowly SB3, when coupled with a decent outboard DAC, is capable of outperforming many mega-buck CD transports. I have the highly regarded McCormark UDP-1 in my main system along with a Transporter and the Transporter is very much the equal of the UDP-1. In fact, if it wasn't for the UDP-1's ability to play DVD-Audio and SACD discs I would have sold it awhile ago and freed up some valuable shelf space. Plus the Transporter has balanced analog outputs, something one rarely finds in CD players and DACs in the Transporter's price range. At this point in time it appears that the high end audio community is going to take the same approach that music industry is taking with regards to music streaming, music servers and other forms of non-silver disc based playback - give it passing mention but otherwise, for all intents and purposes, place their heads firmly in the sand and hope that these things just go away. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63161 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
