mcbiff
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I just bought a DAC1 (non-USB) from a fellow member here at head-fi. It will be used between my laptop and my speaker system which consists of a Densen B110 amplifier and a pair of Monitor Audio RS6 speakers. Now, I have read most of this thread, and the issue has been touched upon to some extent, but I feel I need to ask once and for all:
Should I set the output to variable or calibrated if connecting the DAC1 to my Densen using RCA (i.e. unbalanced) cables?
If I did miss an answer to this specific question I do apologize, and if someone could point me in the right direction I'd be grateful. Otherwise I hope one of the Benchmark representatives has the time to give me a straight answer.
My understanding from what I've gathered here is that I won't damage anything as long as I make sure to turn down the volume of my amplifier when switching the DAC1 to calibrated. I just feel (perhaps incorrectly) that if I don't need the pre-amp functionality of the DAC1 I should cut that part out of the equation so to speak.
Thanks
Should I set the output to variable or calibrated if connecting the DAC1 to my Densen using RCA (i.e. unbalanced) cables?
If I did miss an answer to this specific question I do apologize, and if someone could point me in the right direction I'd be grateful. Otherwise I hope one of the Benchmark representatives has the time to give me a straight answer.
My understanding from what I've gathered here is that I won't damage anything as long as I make sure to turn down the volume of my amplifier when switching the DAC1 to calibrated. I just feel (perhaps incorrectly) that if I don't need the pre-amp functionality of the DAC1 I should cut that part out of the equation so to speak.
Thanks