Phil Leigh;604881 Wrote: > Just so you know, I run my Touch wired and always have done. Not for any > audio reasons, just for reliability. > > Having said that, I've personally yet to hear any difference between > ethernet or wi-fi on an SB3 or Touch. > > What's this "error correction inside the Touch" you refer to? > > As for the volume control mod... > > if you hear any difference at all, it means that your volume was not on > max (100) before. I've studied the code very carefully - including the > debug test mentioned by Blue Gaspode - and there is no way that the > "mod" changes anything that can be audible... UNLESS your volume was > not on max before, in which case you will indeed hear a big > "improvement"!
Well... as for the volume control disabling and the technical details of it, I let you discuss directly with Klaus... I wrote already, that OF COURSE volume was at 100% before, always... I am not a programmer nor a engeneer, but I know enough to to assume, that digital volume control compresses dynamics. Again, my technical knowledge is limited, I just listen to what comes out of my nice amp and speakers... May I just bring up an assumption? You will correct me, if I am completely wrong: Couldn't it be, that the volume control algorithm recalculates the stream anyway, in every setting, no matter if its on 80%, 90% or 100%? I mean, there is a given input, a volume percentage set by the user, and that gives as a result a recalculated output. In case of lets say, 90%, the output is different from the input (cut dynamics). In case of 100%, the output is the same, as you wrote... but it is still recalculated by the processor, causing cpu/kernel load. So, if my guess is right, 100% is of course 100%, bit by bit. But the processor uses its resources anyway, the same as if it would cut it down to 90% volume. And these resources could be held ready for more important calculations... Again, this just an assumption from a non technician... but as you have studied the code, it would be interesting to know, if you can 100% exclude this. And, to complete... for what reasons, if not for "hifi", other SB models seem to have a volume control disabling option? -- diego ------------------------------------------------------------------------ diego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40897 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84903 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
