Hello to all!
I am new to the site and would like to submit a (perhaps silly) question to the community.
Background: I am a happy user of an Squeezebox/LMS-based system, powered by two Transporters and a couple of lower-end Squezzeboxes, but in the process of migrating my hardware to RPi-based hardware. I have a question about volume adjustment and the potential for sound quality deterioration. I want a headless system with the ability to control everything (including volume) from a web interface (or iPeng). That implies the volume is not done the way it is in most high end systems, i.e. with a pre-amp; instead, as I understand it, the volume adjustment will have to be done in the RPi itself? Does that necessarily degrade sound quality, no matter how good the DAC (and amp etc.). Is this a problem in your opinion? Are there system that deal with that better than others?
Thank you for considering my post!
I am new to the site and would like to submit a (perhaps silly) question to the community.
Background: I am a happy user of an Squeezebox/LMS-based system, powered by two Transporters and a couple of lower-end Squezzeboxes, but in the process of migrating my hardware to RPi-based hardware. I have a question about volume adjustment and the potential for sound quality deterioration. I want a headless system with the ability to control everything (including volume) from a web interface (or iPeng). That implies the volume is not done the way it is in most high end systems, i.e. with a pre-amp; instead, as I understand it, the volume adjustment will have to be done in the RPi itself? Does that necessarily degrade sound quality, no matter how good the DAC (and amp etc.). Is this a problem in your opinion? Are there system that deal with that better than others?
Thank you for considering my post!