zephyr11 19 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Hi all, now that i got my dac, i'm using it for all digital source, i used to have attenuators for my cdp, as the gain is too high, but now that i use the dac then to my pre amp, i have no way to lower the gain. is there a solution to this? thanks in advance. Link to post Share on other sites
malsound 12 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 $61.00 -22% | Little Bear MC2 Fully Balanced Passive Preamplifier Pre-Amp XLR/RCA Controller | https://s.lazada.sg/s.ZZlQ8 Link to post Share on other sites
zephyr11 19 Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 (edited) ^^^^^^^^ thanks, but where do i insert this item? between dac to pre? they work like attenuators? got a dumb qn; when i use the cdp toslink to dac, is the data sent with gain too? or just pure data? Edited January 7 by zephyr11 Link to post Share on other sites
malsound 12 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Yes, between cdp and pre and yes attenuator. Link to post Share on other sites
kinger 14 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 (edited) 14 hours ago, zephyr11 said: ^^^^^^^^ thanks, but where do i insert this item? between dac to pre? they work like attenuators? got a dumb qn; when i use the cdp toslink to dac, is the data sent with gain too? or just pure data? Hi bro, you may want to ask Alvin this gain qn as I find the denafrips DAC analog output gain is quite high for my Ares ii too, when i tried both optical & coaxial digital inputs Edited January 7 by kinger Link to post Share on other sites
kinger 14 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 i believe lesser is more, so will discourage you to add the attenuator Link to post Share on other sites
Audio 7 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 You already got a Pre-amp connected to your DAC....then what is the issue?????? Also, CDP would sound best when the attenuator is turned to the max. (Audio) Link to post Share on other sites
BlurRhino 2 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 I don't quite understand the issue too. Are you saying that you don't have sufficient volume control on your pre-amp? You playing at 8 o'clock? Link to post Share on other sites
pcking 4 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 My guess is the gain from his DAC is too high so when he tried to turn his volume knob on his preamp, it gets too loud very quickly. zephyr11, am I correct? Link to post Share on other sites
zephyr11 19 Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 2 hours ago, pcking said: My guess is the gain from his DAC is too high so when he tried to turn his volume knob on his preamp, it gets too loud very quickly. zephyr11, am I correct? something like that. when i was using cdp direct to preamp (rca out, volume on my pre is at 7/8 o'clock), now i use it as a transport to dac (spdif out), and the gain still seem to be the same, if not slightly more (volume on my pre when i use it as a cd transport to dac, is STILL at 7 o'clock thereabouts). i was under the impression that when using as transport it should be only transferring data? does that mean the gain is also very high on the dac? Link to post Share on other sites
zephyr11 19 Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 16 hours ago, Audio said: You already got a Pre-amp connected to your DAC....then what is the issue?????? Also, CDP would sound best when the attenuator is turned to the max. (Audio) i have a set of these should i add it to the pre amp (from the dac to pre amp) also no volume control. Link to post Share on other sites
synthesis 10 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Why didn't you try? Link to post Share on other sites
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