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Newbie, need advice.

I have a old school Bench mark DAC1.I recently bought a Luxman CL-38uC Pre Amp and it says be aware that the maximum input level at the balance input is 2.5 V and therefore sound signals may be distorted if a device with larger output level is connected. I look up the spec sheet on the Benchmark Dac 1 and it did not see the spec for the output voltage, unless i misread it. Can anyone pitch in on this and let me know if i can use balance input cables from DAC to PRE-AMP?

Thank You 
Jorica
jorica

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djones51
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Have you ever opened it and changed the balanced attenuation jumpers? If they are set to factory -20 you're fine if not set them to -20. 
djones51
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The manual shows the voltage but it’s in dBu. As long as the balanced attenuation jumpers are set to -20 or -30 the voltage stays below 10dBu or 2.5v.
.775v = 0dBu
2.5v = 10dBu
djones51
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Yes that's what I said set the balanced jumpers to factory -20 they will go higher than 4 volts if you set the jumpers to 0. I used to have a DAC 1 it was made for Studios as well as home use. 
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