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AIYIMA A07 is fine, but its one flaw is that it has channel imbalance below 9'o clock. So, I just keep the volume knob at 9'o clock and control DAC volume. I rarely ever need to fiddle with the volume knob. Although this setup is fine, I wish the volume knob had perfect channel balance at lowest volumes.
I would not mind a digital stereo amplifier with a digital volume knob like SMSL AO100 if it comes without bluetooth or if I can disable bluetooth completely. I don't use bluetooth, and bluetooth chipset tends to raise noise floor so much that I hear hiss from my speakers. This is not acceptable.
Amplifier manufacturers seriously need to ditch analog volume knobs and adopt stepped attenuators or digital volume knobs which have perfect channel balance at every volume level.
I would not mind a digital stereo amplifier with a digital volume knob like SMSL AO100 if it comes without bluetooth or if I can disable bluetooth completely. I don't use bluetooth, and bluetooth chipset tends to raise noise floor so much that I hear hiss from my speakers. This is not acceptable.
Amplifier manufacturers seriously need to ditch analog volume knobs and adopt stepped attenuators or digital volume knobs which have perfect channel balance at every volume level.
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