While I have nothing to observe regarding the transparency of the digital volume control in then Vivaldi I can observe that the line driver circuit in the Vivaldi is not as good as it could be. Having compared single ended and balanced outputs using identical cabling I found the single ended to be substantially more transparent.
I run my Vivaldi into an ARC Ref 40 and this is a great combination, the RF then drives 10M of balanced cable to my amps - something the Vivaldi would not be comfortable with at all
I also found marked differences between the output level settings with .6V sounding much better than 2V, this may however be a function of interaction with the preferred range on my preamps volume control
I run my Vivaldi into an ARC Ref 40 and this is a great combination, the RF then drives 10M of balanced cable to my amps - something the Vivaldi would not be comfortable with at all
I also found marked differences between the output level settings with .6V sounding much better than 2V, this may however be a function of interaction with the preferred range on my preamps volume control