Problem with Airport Express & BL3

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rmclachlan (archived)
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Posted October 5, 2007 at 12:11 GMT
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I have my BL3s connected to an Apple Airport Express and am streaming music from my iMac/itunes. However the volume is incredibly loud (these babys are powerful!), I cannot figure a way to attenuate the sound output. It ssems the only way is to turn the volume right down (and I mean right down ) in iTunes but this is still a bit too loud and there is virtually no fine control. It is not satisfactory. I live in a flat and cannot afford to have the volume too loud at certain times of day i.e. when my wife and/or neighbours are in.

The Beolabs are set up as the manual specifies with Line selected.

Any thoughts?
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Killyp (archived)
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Posted October 5, 2007 at 14:23 GMT
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Looks like you want a pair of

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rmclachlan (archived)
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Posted October 5, 2007 at 18:12 GMT
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Thanks Alex,

this solution looks good, I will investigate further.
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Sal (archived)
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Posted October 5, 2007 at 23:52 GMT
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I assume you have tried to fiddle with the preferences for AirTunes in:

Preferences > Advanced > General Tab > middle section which describes how iTunes handles sound through Airport.

I have BL3's connected to a BS9000 to which an AEXpress is connected through AUX input, and I have had no volume abnormalities.

Please note that my preferences are as follows (your results may vary):
Streaming buffer size: Medium
CHECKED: look for remote speakers connected with AirTunes
UNCHECKED: Disable iTunes volume control for remote speakers
CHECKED: Allow iTunes control from remote speakers

Hope this helps.

-Sal
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butlerz (archived)
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Posted November 12, 2007 at 17:49 GMT
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I read on the Apple discussion boards that you may have luck with adjusting the equalizer in iTunes, specifically, turning the preamp all the way down.  I think iTunes automatically turns the preamp on.  That did it for me.

 

Your mileage may vary,

 

JBB 

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