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Music bleeding at zero volume

Trying to understand why music continues to play when I have the DAC/pre turned all the way down...

When it’s dead quite in the house - I don’t even need to turn up the volume from zero. It plays loud enough to hear comfortably. Using XLR interconnects. 

Sim Audio W5 power amp
Mertrum Acoustic Jade pre/DAC
bluesound node 2i
Von Schweikerts VR4 floor standing speakers
ghulamr
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millercarbon
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Holy crap! Turning down the DAC/pre is another word for attenuating the signal is another word for lowering the volume is another word for reducing the signal. Reduce, lower, down, these are not the same as cut, off, eliminate. The volume turned down is lower. The volume turned down is not zero. 

There. See how easy that was?
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yogiboy
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Read this review and it will show you !
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews2/metrum6/1.html
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three_easy_payments
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Holy crap!

There. See how easy that was?

MC - Your answer is correct but why do you have to be so mean in your style of providing it?  You do this every time....so condescending. Sheesh.
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ghulamr OP
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Thank you @tvad @yogiboy 

I will try to see how to adjust the internal jumper to reduce the XLR gains by 3db. That’s the best option unless I switch to RCA. But I just bought new Belden 8402 XLR IC’s. 
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