The balanced outputs arent attenuable , the ATC's use balanced inputs. I see there is a Preamp vol setting , but one would have to either set this low to avoid potential damage , but then this would be applying attenuation in the digital domain , or set it low and then reset it to full when listening to minimise the attn. the ATC speakers go VERY loud , meant to do so , Im not sure whether there is protection in the speaker itself. A workaround would be to use the Analog rca's with selectable attn for output and then use a rca to balanced plug for the leads to the speaker if you wanted to avoid damage and use minimal digital attn. Perhaps a plugin can be written or something can be put in software to preset a volume when the transporter/sb powers up , like set a default start volume where it could NEVER output at full vol if something goes wrong. My Z-sys ALWAYS starts at -40db when booting or after a power outage etc. In my case im using the analog outputs for a headphone amp so cant use em for the ATC's , but Im not sure whether using analog attenuated + rca to canon adaptors is a better solution than using balanced to balanced with more digital attn , I'm not sure whether the adaptor compromises anything sonically , if it doesnt thats the way to go.
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