rkrug wrote: > > Now I am confused - I thought the whole idea of the passive attenuation > is to have the volume control of all units in the upper half / third > and > not in the lower third. In the context of using digital volume control, the purpose of passive attenuation in the analogue domain is so you can avoid applying a lot of digital attenuation - which results in loss of resolution.
As far as achieving passive attenuation, using a preamp's volume control is pretty much the same as adding attenuators. They both achieve the same result - delivering a reduced signal level to the power amp. And of course a preamp volume control gives you greater control over the amount of attenuation. That's why I said if you're using the preamp, there's little point adding attenuators. Passive attenuators really come into their own when you're driving a power amp directly from a digital source and using digital volume control. Transporter -> ATC SCM100A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105611 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
