Hello I am hopeful that someone can give me infos to make an important decision with my audio gears.
I have a Touch connected to a Quicksilver preamp which is connected to Quicksilver KT88 amps which is connected to Vandersteen 2ce signature speakers. I no longer run a turntable and only run the Touch as my source. Days ago I have connected the Touch direct to my power amps and controlled the volume with my Touch. It sounded better to my ear than when connected to my preamp. My belief afterwards is that my pre is not needed other than to turn volume up/down. So, I would like to sell my preamp buy a better DAC to connect to my Touch and use this DAC to control volume. I am willing to spend $2000 for a DAC. I have been reading about using DACs in direct modes to power amps and it seems that not all DACs are up to snuffs to do so. It seems to be that you want a DAC with low output impeadance and enough drives current. It sounds as though many properly designed op amp based DACs work well at this. Is it the same for tube and discreet output DACs? Would they have the right impeadance and current that op amps have? Is their a list of DACs that show what impedance and current they give off to better tell if they are good matches to use as volume controls ? I read that a reason why many people dont like to use the Touch direct to amps is because of the damage that can be done to your speakers if the volume control doesnt work and it gets too loud. Is this the same for a DAC such as the NAD m51 which very much interests me? Thankyou for all the help. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kellen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16569 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97595 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
