Connecting a DAC directly to an amp?

Modwright looks good.
Can tubes be off during ht bypass?
thanks

just read in manual that ht input can only be enabled via front panel and not remote.  Seems really odd.

No, tubes can’t be off during ht bypass on LS-100.  Since I don’t use the ht bypass at all I’m ok with ht bypass function on the front panel only. Otherwise it’s cool to have remote and trigger functions on LS-100... lot of high end preamps don’t have those  functions at all. 

@shkong78 

I connect Dave and HMS to Line Magnetic 508 pre input....It is working well....But I have Schitt Freya pre between Dave and my headhone amps to connect 20 ft balanced cables.

The Freya seems like a well-designed, simple preamp to provide high quality volume control with buffering or gain as needed between a DAC and a preamp.  I understand why you would use it to drive 20 ft interconnects.  Have you tried using it in your other system before the Line Magnetic 508 to compare whether it improves the sound vs. DAC-direct?  

I am curious because I previously thought I needed a buffer between my volume controlled Metrum Adagio DAC and my amplifiers but this weekend I rearranged my system so the DAC is close enough to the amplifiers that I can use 1M (XLR) interconnects.  At this length, it seems the buffer may not be needed for the same level of dynamics and tone although I am still evaluating. 

Connecting a DAC directly to an amp?

The very best:
Using my MSB Discrete R2R dac's digital domain volume control direct into most of the power amps I have, sounds so much more transparent, detailed and dynamic, than any active preamp (tube or SS), even passive

Second best:
If the gain of the power amp is too high, and the dac digital volume has to be turned down too low (and starts to bit strip), it's then left full up volume and a passive pre used. 

Third Best:
Active preamps.


Cheers George

I use a nobsound volume controller and it is more transparent than my Cary tube preamp. I would use the Cary if I wanted more tube sound although I find the ss amp to sound more natural. I'm quite surprised at how much better cd's have been with a nice sounding IC. Much less of that digital glare and more vinyl like.