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Adding a Dac and Stresmer

Looking for some advice and need you guys to check my thinking…
I have a PrimaLuna Preamp and Amplifier…..need a Dac and streamer….Being I have a preamp to my thinking I don’t need a Dac that has a preamp and volume, am I thinking right? The speakers are Klipsch Heritage so I think I should get a mellow sounding Dac, maybe a Denifrips Pontus with the Auralic Aries G1.1…..would be happy with a $5000 budget…

silverfoxvtx1800
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jeffstrick
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Oh Boy Audio Troy............. 

silverfoxvtx1800 OP
220 posts
 

Just went to that lab12 site, their Dac isn’t anymore expensive then a PrimaLuna Dac…

kota1
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If you are getting a streamer/dac get one with built in room correction like the NAD C-658 with Dirac or the Martin Logan Unison with ARC. 

silverfoxvtx1800 OP
220 posts
 

Being I already have a preamp, wouldn’t they conflict with each other..

kota1
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Almost all streamers will have a volume control which can be bypassed using the Fixed Volume control feature so you control the volume with your preamp. On the Martin Logan Unison you hold the volume down and mute buttons for 5 seconds to enable Fixed Volume and a second time to disable it. See page 10 in the manual:

https://www.martinlogan.com/uploads/documents/manuals/manual-unison.pdf

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