pfarrell;457374 Wrote: > ghostrider wrote: > > The Transporter is not a preamp, it is another digital source. If it > > was a preamp, I would agree. > > Huh? What is a preamp? Traditionally, a preamp contains three > functions: > > 1) a pre-amplifier for very low level signals such as phono input > 2) switching between inputs > 3) volume control (sometimes tone) > > Since LPs died decades ago for most folks, the #1 function is not > provided by a large number of current preamps. > > And a Transporter can do #2 and #3 quite nicely. > > On my main stereo, I never switch inputs, I only use my Transporter as > a > source. >
Since #2 will die over time as well (what's a "source" btw? Ah, you mean a server...) Where we stick to #3 where the big dial doing volume right would really help. But calling it a "pre-amp" probably doesn't make a lot of sense either since that implies that there's also an amp. "what's an amp? Ah, you mean a speaker..." -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67747 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
