When you said to "find the balance," I immediately remembered that I hadn't yet tried the XLR out on my DAC to my new pre.
Thank you for this timely nudge!!! 😜
My New Year’s Wish for my fellow audiophiles.
May your 2024 be blessed and filled with joy and good health for you and your family. For all of you who work too hard, too many hours, please take more time this year listening to your music, your sound system. For those who listen to your system all the time and are borderline obsessed, my hope is that you can find other things to do. Go hiking, go out with your partner for dinner, find other hobbies and interests outside of the audio world. Put the audio fool in you- away for a time, enjoy the other seasons of life. Find the balance and come back to your audio anew and with fresh perspective.
Just a thought and Happy New Year.