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Old 02-14-2006, 09:40 PM   #46
JasonWW
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Hey, I know the RUX is sort of a remote volume control for the H700, but has anyone heard of a way to add another remote voume control that uses buttons?

I'm thinking of either an AI-NET hack you can wire some buttons to to turn the volume up or down.

Or tapping some wires to the rotary circuit in the RUX to some buttons.

Or maybe even using a small gear reduction motor with a rubber wheel that presses against the volume knob that rotates it. Then wire the motor to some buttons.

In case yor wondering why I need buttons, It's because I've found that to get the proper high volume levels I need I have to set the RUX to about 33 or so and use the PC volume control, but the noise floor is just not low enough. The H700 was obviously designed to be used as a volume control as it can lower the volume at the DACs which lowers the noise floor as the volume level goes down.

Then again my sound card, the Chaintech AV-710, may not have a high enough SNR on the digital out. I know soundcard layouts can effect the SNR so that even 2 cards using the same chips can have different SNR's. Then again, it may be Kmixer in Windows that's raising the noisefloor.

Anyone have any advice?
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