Tony T;540002 Wrote: > What is the benefit of locking at 100% > I'm new to the Touch and I'm running through a Byrston pre-amp. I > currently have the Touch at 50% volume. Should I push it to 100%?
If you're using analog output, you've just raised the noise floor about 25 dB (volume 50 = about -25 dB gain, theoretical noise floor is about -100 dB). If you're using digital out with Red Book content, you might be losing some data --IIRC, the Squeezebox DAC uses 24 bits, so if you turn it low enough, the Squeezebox has to start discarding bits. If you're using 24 bit hi-res content, you need 100% digital out to preserve all the music. The general recommendation is to use volume levels of at least 80-100 for critical listening. Personally I fix the volume so I can sync the fictional volume with my amp's volume; this way, I can use a Squeezebox Controller anywhere in my house to adjust my Denon amp"s volume, even if I'm listening to another audio source. My old amp wasn't that nice, but I still locked the Squeezebox volume so it matched the other components. I only really use Squeezebox volume control for the systems where the Squeezebox is the only music source. -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ Free plugins: 'AllQuiet' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/AllQuiet.html) 'Auto Dim/AutoDisplay' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/AutoDisplay.html) 'BlankSaver' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/BlankSaver.html) 'ContextMenu' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/ContextMenu.html) 'DenonSerial' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/DenonSerial.html) 'FuzzyTime' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/FuzzyTime.html) 'KidsPlay' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/KidsPlay.html) 'KitchenTimer' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/KitchenTimer.html) 'PlayLog' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/PlayLog.html) 'PowerCenter/BottleRocket' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/PowerCenter.html) 'SaverSwitcher' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SaverSwitcher.html) 'SettingsManager' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SettingsManager.html) 'SleepFade' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SleepFade.html) 'StatusFirst' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/StatusFirst.html) 'SyncOptions' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SyncOptions.html) 'VolumeLock' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/VolumeLock.html) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77837 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
