I had a moment recently where I heard a difference in presentation with SB3 digi volume at about 30% (it was at night!) and my analogue pre at the equivalent level. The Krell's pre seemed to be less sibilant on a particular track (which I felt was good with that track) and darker overall.
My first thought was this was evidence that the digi volume control is affecting the sound. However: 1. I tried a comparison at high digi volume too. The difference in character described above remained constant! This indicates that it is not the digi volume changing the character of the signal but quite the opposite - the Krell's pre is changing the character of the signal. 2. I don't have a problem with sibilance in general. In fact most voices sound quite nice on my system. This indicates that the track itself has excess sibilance and the way the Krell's pre is changing the character of the signal actually helps in terms of sibilance for this track. But in general I feel it's undesirable. Sometimes I find myself jumping to the wrong conclusion initially. Darren -- darrenyeats http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A3H57URKQB8AQO/ref=cm_pdp_content_listmania/203-7606506-5721503. (Inguz bass EQ'd) SB3 -> (pre bypassed) Krell KAV-300i -> PMC AB-1 (caps bass EQ'd) Desktop -> Genius Slab SW-flat2.1 700 Sennheiser HD 25-1 II ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77725 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
