------------------------------------------------------------------------ A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77824 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question: Should volume control only affect the analog outputs? - Yes, I don't/wouldn't use the digital outputs anyway - Yes, I want to use the digital outputs and want them locked at 100% - Yes (some other reason) - No, I want variable output for the digital outputs - No (some other reason) ------------------------------------------------------------------------
ncarver;567411 Wrote: > Interestingly, just today I was quietly listening to Internet radio via > Touch, with Touch volume down around 30-40, and was thinking it sounded > pretty terrible. So reduced receiver volume and put Touch volume up to > 100% for a comparison. Literally like night and day it was so much > better. (Touch is feeding digital into an NAD AV receiver, which has a > motorized analog volume control.) Now I have used Duet Receiver before > with its volume set much higher (70+) and not noticed significant loss > of quality when feeding FLACs, but clearly there are going to be > problems with removing a preamp if your amp's sensitivity causes you to > have to turn the Touch volume way down. > > I certainly want the ability to use the Touch volume control for both > the analog and digital outputs, but for ultimate quality it would nice > to be able to fix it at 100%. One of the reasons I want variable > digital volume is to be able to better match the output from other > components feeding into the AV receiver. At 100%, the Touch requires > like -50dB setting on receiver, but Blue Ray requires like -10dB. Very > confusing for the rest of the family. :) If you are using a Touch directly to a poweramp, it is a very god idea to use passive attenuators if the amp is to sensitive, there is a whole wiki section about it, then the volume will always be in a "safe" range and if set low the volume will be so low that you want hear the "damage" . Ideal attenuation would be like 100% volume will be as loud as you ever want but not to loud, as in speaker damage or hearing loss :-/ Or better power amps with gain settings so that you can have a correct gain staging for your system, imho amps that not have this is designed by morons. -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe' Primare and Dynadio speakers, Contour 4 Contour Center, and Contour 1.3SE for the rear ch. Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Miscellaneous use: Radio (with battery) I use a Controller various ir-remotes and a Eee-PC with squeezeplay to control this ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77824 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
