Phil Leigh;539680 Wrote: > analogue attenuation (in a preamp) lowers the noise from all components > prior to the pre-amp, along with the signal. This maintains the SNR as > constant (ignoring any noise from the power amp itself - and they are > usally -100dB these days) > digital attenuation ahead of the DAC lowers the signal but the noise > from the DAC output stage, preamp etc is untouched so the SNR > deteriorates.
I agree totally - however don't most (all?) active analog preamps, contribute their own "character" and some noise/distortion to the output signal as well? -- NewBuyer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NewBuyer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7862 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77725 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
