Output voltage give me more volume. When engaging convolution filter there is often a severe volume decrease. If I play a classical recording with a DR score of 21, I frequently run out of volume on the very quiet sections of a track. When I have a DAC with an output voltage of 6 or 7, then I'm pretty good. But, it seems like DACs are still stuck in the old days of thinking they are only to convert D to A and output to a preamp.
On 12/18/2019 at 11:45 AM,
mansr said:
As others have said, the proper input voltage to the amp depends on its gain and the sensitivity of the speakers. If you don't think it's loud enough even with the volume turned up to 11, increasing the voltage to the amp might be a solution. Of course, that will only help if the amp can handle it without clipping or some other evil. If not, you need a bigger amp.
Some preamps have far more output voltage than DACs. I believe my preamp has 19 volts out and mentioned earlier was one with 40. Seems like DACs should be closer to these higher voltages if they are meant to drive amps.
