Thanks Herman.
I'd heard some time back that Itunes versions 7 and up had dithered volume control that was quite good versus truncated 16 bit volume that was found in earlier versions (Benchmark's website has a write-up on it for example).
I can't tell any loss in sound quality with using Itunes to control the volume and most my listening is done with the volume at 10-30% of max, controlled via an IPod Touch with the remote app. But I see lots of people saying to set it at a full 100% and go with analog attenuation (which I tried via several different integrated amps and didn't really care for).
I'd heard some time back that Itunes versions 7 and up had dithered volume control that was quite good versus truncated 16 bit volume that was found in earlier versions (Benchmark's website has a write-up on it for example).
I can't tell any loss in sound quality with using Itunes to control the volume and most my listening is done with the volume at 10-30% of max, controlled via an IPod Touch with the remote app. But I see lots of people saying to set it at a full 100% and go with analog attenuation (which I tried via several different integrated amps and didn't really care for).