Yeah, stand-alone DACs seem steep for this setup... Cheap a/v amp off eBay might do the trick. I can always bung it on the floor under the bed - it's not as if I need to touch/see it ever. Just as long as that doesn't humm as well!!!
I'd be happy to plug passive speakers in to it if I could find half-decent small ones, but we're talking sub-sub bookshelf here to fit on the bedside table. The powered ones I've got sound really good for their size so I'm happy with them though. On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:19:48 -0500, Jeff Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2005-03-30-16:50:31 Robert Boltman: > > Another thought I had was to use the digital output and then an d-to-a > > - perhaps a cheap amp with digital in and a tape loop. Would that > > isolate it? > > If you use the Toslink (optical) digital output from the SB, that'd > definitely isolate it from the next component -- no electrical > connection at all, thus no ground loops or whatever other nasties. > > I'm still curious about what's causing the problem, though -- if that > particular SB1 sample is prone to noise leakage, or if there's a ground > loop (is the SB using wired ether, connected to other equipment powered > from a different hunk of your mains?) or some kind of RF pickup... > Here's where my ignorance shows, do ethernet connections routinely have > any sort of optical or transformer isolation? > > If you choose the digital-out method, the question becomes what to have > next in the stream. A standalone DAC would seem the natural thing to > have your powered speakers plugged into, but standalone DACs, as things > largely bought by highfalutin' audiophiles, might mostly be unexpectedly > expensive. A/V receivers (plenty of sales volume at the low end of the > market) have gotten shockingly cheap these days -- but that could be a > bulky rig for your bedside table, and one would usually expect to plug > passive speakers into one. I guess you were talking about using a line > out from one such, basically just to get the use of the DAC. Better > confirm that that works properly with the particular model you > consider. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
