I am just using digital inputs on the DAC2HGC, one comes from the TV, the other from the SB Touch. The Becnhmark indeed acts as both a DAC and a preamp, and feeds into the NAD M22 power amp. The DAC2 also has internal an internal attenuator, which I set to -20db. That allows me to keep the Benchmark volume set around the 11am mark.
I keep the Benchmark around that 11am volume mark for the following reasons: * It is recommended by Benchmark for optimal sound quality. * Higher than that the (fixed) Toslink output from the TV is LOUD. given my config I like to match things a bit. * It allows me to control the volume for music -which really is my utmost priority- with the Touch, from the 30s (nice mellow alarm volume in the morning) up to typically 80-something for immersed listening (good volume, not too loud), depending on the sound engineer's loudness choice. Thanks gents! ...pablo Server: Virtual Machine (on VMware Workstation) running Ubuntu 18.04 + LMS 7.9.1 System: SB Touch --optical->- Benchmark DAC2HGC --AnalysisPlus Oval Copper XLR->- NAD M22 Power Amp --AnalysisPlus Black Mesh Oval->- KEF Reference 1 Other Rooms: 2x SB Boom; 1x SB Radio; 1x SB Classic-> NAD D7050 -> Totem DreamCatcher + Velodyne Minivee Sub Computer audio: workstation --USB->- audioengine D1 -> Grado RS1/Shure 1540 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111714 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
