antigrunge2
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| Braun Audio. Dieter Rams Designer Unfortunately their electronics were never up to the same standards as their design. Collectible more for decoration, I guess… | |
| DAC variable output It depends on the attenuator in your dac. As long as that is analogue rather than digital there will be no bit loss and consequently no advantage from the preamp | |
| Go Cat8! @steakster, you are very welcome, I had the same reaction and this is what the forum is all about: sharing experiences good and bad rather than arguing about things you haven’t even tried. Enjoy the music | |
| What about the floor? @rs507, softly does it, then? | |
| What about the floor? @emailists, I guess you can listen to the grass growing, then? | |
| How to control volume for DAC with no volume control Using digital volume attenuation is very lossy: you are much better off using a passive preamp. | |
| What about the floor? This depends on the size of your room as well as your ceiling. A small room with an undamped ceiling will require maximum shaginess, whereas a larger room (>300sqft) with a somewhat damped ceiling will require only wall to wall thin carpeting. ... | |
| Will DAC always sound better going straight into a Power Amplifier? @majorc, you are right, however: a passive avoids the additional lossiness of a digital attenuator. Running the Dac at max output reduces the impact of the mismatch | |
| Stay grounded @lalitk, pls give us your experience. I‘ll try out some Chinese boxes and give feedback | |
| Stay grounded Any experiences with grounding boxes on negative terminals of speakers out there? | |
| Will DAC always sound better going straight into a Power Amplifier? @willgolf +1, I’d like @atmasphere‘s view on this as there seems no role for a pre if the dac has a decent analogue stage and attenuator other than to add distortion. | |
| Will DAC always sound better going straight into a Power Amplifier? A normal modern DAC will output at min. 2v RCA or min.4v balanced. That is equal to a normal preamp output. Forgetting weird impedance mismatches for the moment, the only job left for the preamp is attenuation. If the DAC has a good relay based ra... | |
| Questions about Ethernet Cabling @Jerrybj, sorry, I really don‘t see the point for that one. Putting an OCXO switch behind the modem is the way to go… | |
| Anyone using a LAN isolator? @jjss49 +1, just ahead of the streamer, or Etherregen in case you have one | |
| Audio Note Power Amps Get a Wavac and never look back |