What do you mean by barely turned up ? You can enjoy tube sound at any level.
It seems you have a lot of gain, are you using the balanced out of the dac going to the preamp? If so you could change to the RCAs, that will probably output less gain.
Question about volume matching
Hello All, and thanks in advance for your help.
I recently purchased an Innuos Zen Mini S. I use a USB cable out to a Mytek Brooklyn DAC. I have the volume on the DAC bypassed, so that it is only serving as a DAC. From there, I have analog cables going to a tube preamp.
So, here’s the question: does anyone have any advice on how to set the different components’ volume controls? Like I said, the DAC volume is bypassed, but the Innuos has its own volume and the preamp has its own volume. I had the Innuos at 100%, but the tube preamp was barely turned up. The Innuos Sense app recommends that hi res and MQA be at 100%
Don’t I need the preamp volume higher to engage and enjoy “tube sound?”
Or am I overthinking this?