the 10db figure is an estimate, subjectively 2 times louder. In terms of the preamp volume I had to turn the volume down by 1/4 of the dial to level match again after plugging in the intona device. So I am comfortable ruling out Placebo. If you disagree and still think I am self delusional, that's fine with me - but your further contribution to this thread would be illogical.
The change that I made was 1 USB printer cable replaced by 1 new short cable + 1 intona device + 1 new short cable, no audiophile cables were used in this test. Anyway this is the reply that I got from the manufacturer " the data itself will not be modified by the isolator. This is proven by the checksum mechanism. The only thing that I can think of is that some control packets (e.g. gain information) are missing, resulting from a lousy connection. There are very often issues using "audiophile" USB cables along with the isolator, having "intentionally" broken screens or similar. Thus being defective from normative view. In case of that: please check again using standard, "printer grade" cables (even no ferrites, ideally wearing "USB certified" logo). This is a sensitive point in the isolator because it breaks the shield by definition - another break by a "defective" cable leads to a higher transmission error rate. " I will retry as the manufacturer proposed - but this will not be for a few days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ foxesden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106914 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
