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Low gain dac!

I am contemplating buying a new dac, the dac I have today has 4.3v output on both balanced and RCA, which makes me only use a small turn on the volume knob on my pre amp, which is a high gain design, volume starts at 6 o’clock and too loud at 8-9!
Any input is appreciated, ladde dac’s or more conventional dac’s doesn’t matter, both designs have my interest.
My system:
Primare Dac30
Supratek Cabernet pre
Belles SA 30 power amp
Graham Audio LS 5/9

Thanks!
gryphongryph
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georgehifi
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You sent him a picture of a speck .. https://eurostylesmallgoods.com.au/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Continental-Smoked-Speck-min.jpg




Here is Six Moons thoughts on the Cabernet
Maloney’s preamp philosophy, the Cabernet is a very high-gain device
And if you sent him the sensitivity of your Belles SA 30 at 0.7v for max full clipped output, and Mick said fine?? somethings wrong somewhere, or he thought you had a source with as much output as a crystal set, virtually zero.

Cheers George
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tby
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I had the same issue with my headphone amp and DAC. I bought these http://www.rothwellaudioproducts.co.uk/html/attenuators.html and it works very well for me.
gryphongryph OP
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@tbi yes I bought a pair.
gryphongryph OP
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@dyson2004 - I am in Faroe Islands ( North Atlantic) 
@georgehifi - yes I think he did not read that thoroughly, or he thought I would mostly use the 300B output where I can turn the gain down!
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