Adurerca- I did that and it sounded very good. But I wanted to use a turntable and a tuner so I needed the additional inputs. I started looking for a preamp that would be like connecting my DAC to the amp, give me the necessary inputs and accept balanced cables. The Benchmark checks all those boxes. Sounds about the same with the Benchmark as a direct connection to the amp.
Control volume with DAC or Preamp?
My DAC (PS Audio Directstream) has a volume control and so does my preamp(Benchmark), of course. What’s the best way to control the volume of my system to get optimum sound...turn the dac to maximum volume and use the preamp to make adjustments , turn the preamp to maximum and use the DAC for adjustments, turn each of them up part way? Or does it not make a difference?
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