On Monday 23 January 2006 02:34 am, Michael T. Dean wrote: > mike choy wrote:
> >The simple way to do all this is to use an Infrared remote. Programme up > >the vol control on your remote to move the vol on your av amp only. > >There's no need to change inputs or devices on your remote. Leave the > >vol control on the computer side fixed. > > > > > And, this is The Right Way (TM) to do it, too. What I find astounding > is the number of people who use digital for "better quality audio" and > then do things like softvol. One step forward, two steps back. ;) > > As a matter of fact, I don't expect to use digital connections for any > of my audio. I can't live without timestretch, anymore (thanks, > Mark)--on TV and for DVD's--and decoding and re-encoding an AC-3 > (*lossy* compression algorithm) stream to allow timestretch seems like > it negates the benefit of a digital audio connection. After all, the > audio is running over short connections and has to be analog between the > receiver and the speakers, anyway, so proper wiring of analog > connections will probably give at least as good--if not better--quality > as resampled AC-3. > Do you know how to pull it off? There are probably some situations where the loss in quality is acceptable, or its a temporary solution until you get an IR repeater or some such. More options are not inherently a bad thing, we can judge if the result is usable or not. Paul
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