I feel for you Johsti as I have been there and done that. I had the same problem feeding the A-S2000 from my Oppo BDP-95 xlr output. The 95 does have an internal volume control but I ended up having to lower the volume so much to remove all traces of distortion that it effected the sound quality. Yamaha means for this amp to be used specifically with its own CD-S2000. You may have saved yourself some headache if you had read my comments in this thread http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/frr.pl?ramps&1299772563&&&/Yamaha-A-S-2000-Amplifier. I agree that the amp sounds very good but this was a deal breaker for me.
Yamaha AS2000 - balanced input
I connected my PS Audio dac to a recently purchased Yamaha AS2000 integrated amp using the balanced connections and was disappointed to hear some audible distortion. The PS Audio dac has an output voltage of 5V though the balanced outputs and according to the Yamaha manual the AS2000 has a maximum input signal of 2.8V.
Are the dac's balanced outputs too hot for the amp and causing the distortion?
Is there a way to attenuate the dac's output with attenuators or modifying the dac, or would that affect sound quality? The amp sounds great with unbalanced connections, but I was hoping to take advantage of the balanced inputs since the amp and dac are both balanced.
Are the dac's balanced outputs too hot for the amp and causing the distortion?
Is there a way to attenuate the dac's output with attenuators or modifying the dac, or would that affect sound quality? The amp sounds great with unbalanced connections, but I was hoping to take advantage of the balanced inputs since the amp and dac are both balanced.
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