I’ve got and love my M1 DAC. I run it balanced, and I notice that the output level from the balanced outputs can be tweaked by moving a jumper of each analog board. You can either then do nothing, in which case you get an extra 2.5 dB output, or you can juice it go get about an extra 9.5 dB output ( you can decrease it too)
Set the output fixed level so the digital volume control is up near full for loud listening, this way you won’t run the risk of "bit stripping" if the volume is too low.
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