2. digital
  3. 1206795853

Accuphase CDP Owners - Straight to Power Amp??

I've got an Accuphase DP500 hooked to a Plinius 9200 integrated. Recently out of curiosity I bypassed the preamp section of the 9200 and connected the DP500 direct to the power amp section. I thought the sound would take a dive given the built-in freebie volume control on the Accuphase may be inferior compared to the 9200's preamp. Well the result was quite positive, I would not necessarily say better as the presentation is a little different, but definitely not sonically inferior.

To Accuphase CDP owners I was wondering if you are running it straight to a power amp or do you prefer to use a preamp and if yes why?
noelpastor

Showing 1 response by eljaro

eljaro
27 posts
 
NO
The attenuator is digital, so it will throw bits out when you reduce the volume. The 2.5 Volt output of the DP500 is to high and will give too loud a volume from your amp, so you will be attenuating and removing information.
I have Mac MDA1000 and even that does not sound good to me when fed directly into a power amp. I still use the pre amp with it.
More to discover