Low gain dac!

@gI use a Audio Mirror Tubadour III DAC which also has 2V output. Hard to find a DAC with lower output voltage. The only possible issue is it's 2K output impedance, which like many specs in not a problem if understood. I really like this DAC.

I am not familiar with the Sonnet Morpheus DAC. Will have to research that one, likely out of my budget.   

@gryphongryph somehow the address on my last post did not take.

@luisma31,
I sincerely appreciate your very kind comments. I’m in complete agreement with you that the importance and influence of the DAC analogue output stage is overlooked. Same applies to a DAC ’s I/V conversion and power supply. Yes the chips play a definite role but too often overemphasized.

@gryphongrtph, I believe that the Sonnet Audio DAC you linked and the Audio Mirror Tubadour (Recommended by mesch) are very viable options. Their 2 volt output would be much preferable to the 4.3 v of your current DAC.

Obviously you’d need to hear them to know for sure but in terms of system gain management, a move in the right direction.
The Tubadour consistently receives high praise. The Sonnet is unfamiliar to me. It sure looks interesting on paper however.
Charles

Isn't 4.3V out on RCA from the dac against the normal specs/standards?

I thought they were supposed to be 2V on single ended outputs and 4V on balanced. I think some DACs have higher output when they also contain a volume control, the idea is that they can work without a pre-amp in the system. If your amp has a volume control you can just lower that and try how it sounds.

Yes it is true that the gain on my Primare Dac is higher than the industry standard of 2v.

The dac does not have a volume knob or any way to adjust the output.

 I don’t know why Primare decided to do this, maybe most of their customers normally use the balanced out on systems with more than one Primare component?

My thinking is just to get the gain a bit down with a source that has the standard 2v output.