
killdozzer
Audioholic Samurai
In a 'chain', let's call it that, from my PC to my speakers there are several places I can change the volume. What would you say is the best way to change volume level?
I have a software player (I use winamp) and I can change volume on its interface (I have no idea what does this change really, what is the type of the signal going through a software player).
I can change volume on my PC laptop and I'm guessing this affects the analogue signal as it lower or raises the volume on the 3.5 headphones output jack.
And I can change volume level on my rcvr.
It doesn't always sound the same. So I'm guessing that at least one of them (my suspicion goes to the PC player software) is in deed gain. If I leave my player really low and crank up my rcvr there's significantly more going on in lower freqs. If I turn the player's volume way up and lower my rcvr it's all mid's and high's.
Now, other than 'what works best for you', could you tell me which combination might be guilty of distorting?
A good friend of mine says that he got an advice that you should have everything on your PC all the way up, and control the sound with your amp or rcvr because volume sliders on your PC software are always an algorithm of a kind and that they don't really amplify or attenuate anything but change the signal to appear to be of a lower or higher SPL.
I have a software player (I use winamp) and I can change volume on its interface (I have no idea what does this change really, what is the type of the signal going through a software player).
I can change volume on my PC laptop and I'm guessing this affects the analogue signal as it lower or raises the volume on the 3.5 headphones output jack.
And I can change volume level on my rcvr.
It doesn't always sound the same. So I'm guessing that at least one of them (my suspicion goes to the PC player software) is in deed gain. If I leave my player really low and crank up my rcvr there's significantly more going on in lower freqs. If I turn the player's volume way up and lower my rcvr it's all mid's and high's.
Now, other than 'what works best for you', could you tell me which combination might be guilty of distorting?
A good friend of mine says that he got an advice that you should have everything on your PC all the way up, and control the sound with your amp or rcvr because volume sliders on your PC software are always an algorithm of a kind and that they don't really amplify or attenuate anything but change the signal to appear to be of a lower or higher SPL.