Thank you. That's the clarification I was hoping for. I couldn't really see how the squeezebox could suddenly make my integrated amp go so loud that it would start to damage things. I don't think I ever turn my amp up to even the half way point, so I'm hoping I'm in no danger.
Max fuzzyT Wrote: > mflint wrote: > > jonheal Wrote: > > > >>Sean (or someone), can you please tell me where I find the > SqueezeBox's > >>Preamp Volume Control setting? Thanks. > > > > Sean covered it in this post: > > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=55632 > > it is unclear to me as to whether using the SB's Preamp Volume Control > > setting would actually result in signal attenuation when the SB > experiencing this error condition. i would suspect that it would not. > > to clarify a bit: i believe that what sean is saying is that it may be > > unwise to directly feed the analog outs of the SB directly into the > unattenuated inputs of a _power_ amplifier. particularly if that power > > amplifier, running at full output, is capable driving the connected > speakers to destruction. > > feeding the outputs into a _pre_ amplifier (or the pre-amplifier > section > of an integrated amp or reciever) that has an analog volume control is > > safer. this because, unless the analog volume control is set to max > volume, it will act as an attenuator to the high-output signal of a > runaway source component. > > --rt -- max.spicer The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws but Max stepped into his private boat and waved good-bye ------------------------------------------------------------------------ max.spicer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19309 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
