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@earthbound

Yikes. This isn’t a good sign

I disagree. It is a small European brand/product that flies under the radar, so many aren’t as aware of its existence. It hasn’t the hype or attention of some of the popular Chinese brands covered often on this forum. I believe you are on the right track. From what I know about it, this is a very well engineered and excellent sounding DAC. Member @jerryl123 owns one and is utterly happy with it.

I would recommend that you reach out to him via Audiogon email. I believe this DAC is worthy of more attention. Furthermore, I believe it would be a terrific match with your current audio system set up.
Charles

Thanks Charles. That’s great news. I will email him today. 

@earthbound I just wanted to point out that 5.8 volts out of a balanced DAC will work just fine with your Super 6SN7 Linestage balanced inputs. The Jensen transformers can handle up to 8-9 volts without any rolloff. I just didn't want you to limit your choices because of this. 

Best regards, Aric

@aricaudio

Wouldn’t that high of an output voltage limit the usable range of the volume control? Possibly too high a gain in the audio. Granted, I don’t know the input sensitivity of your 300b amplifier or the level of gain in your line stage. I am assuming with the use of that PSET amplifier, the speakers in this system are probably fairly high sensitivity. All of these factors combined could lead to excess audio system gain.

Charles

Hey Charles, In this case it wouldn’t hurt anything as the Super 6SN7 Linestage has a selectable output level control to gain match with the amp so the gain could be reduced at the output. Also the Khozmo volume control is an audio taper so it does not have that big bump at the first 1/4 rotation like many have. A balanced out is typically in the 4-5 volt range so this isn’t really all that high, at least not for practical use in earthbound’s system. Just another option to keep open is the only point I was trying to make. Best regards, Aric