Dear all, I know this is a beat up subject - and I'm not as such asking for it to be discussed again. But. There is a possibly ambigous statement on the wiki.
I'm hoping someone in the know (developers) can confirm whether, from a technical pov, the signal paths are identical for 100% volume vs fixed/non-fixed volume setting. The wiki should then be edited accordingly to reflect this more accurately. From: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/HowtoBestAudioQuality#Recommendation_.232 > > Recommendation #2 > > Not everyone agrees with this recommendation, and most seem to agree > that it's less important than the other recomendations. The > recommendation is, when using the digital output, to turn off the > volume control that is present in the SB2 and only use the volume > control on your HiFi. > > /In Settings - Players - Audio set "Digital Volume Control" to "Digital > output level is fixed"./ > Why? > > If the volume control is enabled in the Squeezebox then the digital > information provided by slimserver is manipulated by the firmware and > output through the digital output. This manipulation may cause some > loss of information. If the digital volume control is switched off then > the Squeezebox simply plays what it receives and your DAC does the job > it did before when it was directly connected to a CD transport. > -- bhaagensen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bhaagensen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7418 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85215 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
