Hello Micheal, based on my own limited experiences you will need an amplifier with an input impedence that is compatable with your Dac of choice but of suitable drive for your Maggies.
Better if the amplifier is equiped with good attenuators so to pad down the the signal at the same time as with the digital attenuator on your Dac.
Both analog and digital volume controls sound best in their higher positions.
I believe the Weiss Dac 202 has a four step analog control via stepped resistors and a good dithering digital volume control and low output impedence output stage to drive the amplifier of choice directly without issue, there may be others .
My present setup is a Server via Firewire to a Weiss Int202 which has a dithering digital volume control then Aes Ebu to a an Audio Research Dac8 driving a Vac Phi300.1 which has analog attenuators to my speakers.
This works a treat for me, John Bent of Bent Audio klndly pointed me in this direction some time ago.
I hope this may help , thank you.
Better if the amplifier is equiped with good attenuators so to pad down the the signal at the same time as with the digital attenuator on your Dac.
Both analog and digital volume controls sound best in their higher positions.
I believe the Weiss Dac 202 has a four step analog control via stepped resistors and a good dithering digital volume control and low output impedence output stage to drive the amplifier of choice directly without issue, there may be others .
My present setup is a Server via Firewire to a Weiss Int202 which has a dithering digital volume control then Aes Ebu to a an Audio Research Dac8 driving a Vac Phi300.1 which has analog attenuators to my speakers.
This works a treat for me, John Bent of Bent Audio klndly pointed me in this direction some time ago.
I hope this may help , thank you.