Archguy
Official Roiurama Factory Rep
Into a power amp, that is. I'm going to using a McIntosh power amp for one of my (many) auxiliary Chromecast Audio zones so I have a digital optical (or analog RCA; you can use either) cable coming from the CCA device.
All I need to do is control the volume.
Now, in point of fact you can do that with CCA, but I'm very leery of doing that, because sometimes you get surprised by how you left your CCA zones the last time you used them, and who knows what else you might forget. I don't want to destroy an amp (or my ears) with a sudden transient.
What's the cleanest, simplest way to get the signal in? All of the preamps I see have so much more going on than I need. What about a MAC-3? I don't need the DAC part, CCA takes care of that. But is there anything I'm forgetting?
Obviously it has more going on than I need, too, though I could play with the auxiliary zone perhaps. And I like the relatively clean look. Advice?
All I need to do is control the volume.
Now, in point of fact you can do that with CCA, but I'm very leery of doing that, because sometimes you get surprised by how you left your CCA zones the last time you used them, and who knows what else you might forget. I don't want to destroy an amp (or my ears) with a sudden transient.
What's the cleanest, simplest way to get the signal in? All of the preamps I see have so much more going on than I need. What about a MAC-3? I don't need the DAC part, CCA takes care of that. But is there anything I'm forgetting?
Obviously it has more going on than I need, too, though I could play with the auxiliary zone perhaps. And I like the relatively clean look. Advice?