JeffNTaxes
Active Member
I bought the Multicomp IR volume control from Newark for $50. I'm constantly switching between listening to vinyl, Tidal (with Roon), and watching TV on the same system and the volume on the TV has to come down bigtime when I switch to it, so I figured I'll try this little unit.
The system: Superphon Revelation Basic > Superphon DM200, Snell Type D speakers, Martin Logan Descent i sub, Systemdek IIX. Digital Roon/Tidal > Geshelli J2 w/AK4493, Roku TV
Using RCA's, I plugged the Tape Out to the unit's input, then looped back to the Tape In. Set the volumes on the preamp to the highest likely level you want to go, and with tape monitoring on I can control the system's volume with the remote.
The good: it works. I can turn volume up and down quickly (and mute) via the IR remote
The bad: even with the unit's volume at max there's a noticeable volume loss from just disengaging the tape monitor. And it doesn't sound quite as "good". Hard to qualify, especially since louder is perceived as "better" by the ear.
So it's fine for my intended use case of controlling volume of the Roku TV, but for critical music listening I will disengage tape monitor and bypass it. I can change volume on Roon for digital listening anyway, and when I listen to vinyl I need to get up off my a$$ either way, so not a big deal.
Now I'm wondering if an old Creek OBH10 will do all this but sound neutral and work on all.
The system: Superphon Revelation Basic > Superphon DM200, Snell Type D speakers, Martin Logan Descent i sub, Systemdek IIX. Digital Roon/Tidal > Geshelli J2 w/AK4493, Roku TV
Using RCA's, I plugged the Tape Out to the unit's input, then looped back to the Tape In. Set the volumes on the preamp to the highest likely level you want to go, and with tape monitoring on I can control the system's volume with the remote.
The good: it works. I can turn volume up and down quickly (and mute) via the IR remote
The bad: even with the unit's volume at max there's a noticeable volume loss from just disengaging the tape monitor. And it doesn't sound quite as "good". Hard to qualify, especially since louder is perceived as "better" by the ear.
So it's fine for my intended use case of controlling volume of the Roku TV, but for critical music listening I will disengage tape monitor and bypass it. I can change volume on Roon for digital listening anyway, and when I listen to vinyl I need to get up off my a$$ either way, so not a big deal.
Now I'm wondering if an old Creek OBH10 will do all this but sound neutral and work on all.