superczar
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I have a couple of setups which are always On and hooked to Alexa (Echo dot line out) and Airport Express (For airplay)
The setups are of moderate to high-ish resolution (details in sig) and have reasonable amount of imaging present if I play back directly from a good source hooked directly to the line-in
The problem I have is that I need to have both the Alexa and Airplay output plugged into a single line-in at all times.
I am currently using a basic passive mixing circuit (Common ground, 1K resistors on L/R channels on both inputs terminating on line feeding into Amp)
Obviously there is some signal attenuation but I have enough head-room on the amps to balance that out.
However I am not sure if this is the right way to do it.
I also perceive a loss in quality of stereo imaging (don't expect it from the echo dot but do on Airplay) - although it could just be a placebo effect
Question: Is this the right way to do this ? Or should I be looking at active mixers instead - and if yes, any recommendations?
The setups are of moderate to high-ish resolution (details in sig) and have reasonable amount of imaging present if I play back directly from a good source hooked directly to the line-in
The problem I have is that I need to have both the Alexa and Airplay output plugged into a single line-in at all times.
I am currently using a basic passive mixing circuit (Common ground, 1K resistors on L/R channels on both inputs terminating on line feeding into Amp)
Obviously there is some signal attenuation but I have enough head-room on the amps to balance that out.
However I am not sure if this is the right way to do it.
I also perceive a loss in quality of stereo imaging (don't expect it from the echo dot but do on Airplay) - although it could just be a placebo effect
Question: Is this the right way to do this ? Or should I be looking at active mixers instead - and if yes, any recommendations?
