Placette RVC

05-18-15: Actarus
Agreed George, I'll try that as soon as I receive the E-202

I'm still wondering about the second question though... ;).

I don't know this one, being passive I would say no. Unless it has it's own colouration and you like those colourations over going direct.
And it shouldn't colour/distort the source signal as much as actives do.

Cheers George

Ok, I think my DAC has volume control only for the headphones out; not the LINE out. Is it dangerous to connect it directly to the amp stage of the Accuphase?
Is it going to blast 'too much sound' to it?

Thanks for your opinions on this.

No should be fine, as it will be a nice low low output impedance because of a headphone driver opamp, but a normal output with VC would probably sound better because the head phone opamp won't be in the signal path.

Just turn the VC down before you try.

Cheers George

Allright, thanks George.
but how can I turn the volume down if the Volume on the DAC is on the headphone out only, and the volume on the E-202 is on the PRE stage only?

If I bypass both, will I still have access to volume control?
Just trying to be careful not frying the Accu or something when it's finally delivered. ;p

I checked and my DAC has:
Output Impedance: 50 Ohm (line)
.5 Ohm (headphone)

Thanks for keeping the conversation alive :)

If you drive your amp from the headphone output, naturally you'll need a stereo headphone to two male rca adapter you get these just about anywhere for a couple of bucks.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-6-5mm-Aux-Male-to-2-RCA-Female-Socket-Adapter-Y-Splitter-Connector-Converter-/291121613799?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item43c8334be7

Or just use the fixed line out with a decent 10kohm passive preamp like the Schitt SYS $49 which uses Alps 10kohm Logarithmic Volume Pot.
http://schiit.com/products/sys

Cheers George