Connecting a DAC directly to an amp?

This is getting confusing (and my previous post didn’t help); the OP, “emerging soul” is using a Chord tt2. “mitch2” is using an Adagio.

George, I thought Chord used FPGAs.

My bad!. I was thinking in terms of the typical, not the OPs specifics.
Never mind🥺

With many of the newer high bit DACs (e.g. 32 bit) and depending on the input sensitivity of the amp (typically about 26 dB), and with about 12 dB attenuation per bit, even with the typical maximum 24 bits for most hi rez formats, one would most likely still have an abundance of bits available to negate the concern of bit stripping.