wadia 151 dac/amp

Dwhitt,

I'm going to have to go out on a limb here and say the volume number is arbitrary. If the amp isn't overheating and/or clipping, I doubt you're pushing it too hard.

Hi,
indeed, I use or used it with a fantastic Merlin MAster TSM: The volume setting is 49 (quiet) 60 (middle loud) 70 (if you want a full orchestra)
I had exactly the same thought as you, but - as it never got warm in any way, i forgot about it.
It sound pretty good, although orchestra shows its limits, and piano as well, so I switched back to the good amplification, just because it is here ;-)
My son loves it!!
E

The amp is 50 watt class-D and I would think that Wadia would put some protection circuit in there. The volume is in the digital domain, so the higher the number - the better the theoretical resolution, given that you don't clip it by going too loud on hungry loudspeakers.