I have a Schiit Modius connected to a Magni Heresy and a random speaker amp via a little splitter thingy that looks like this:
Splitter goes into DAC, which splits the left and right channels into 2. One interconnect goes to the Heresy, the other goes to the Amp.
I've noticed however that doing this introduces distortion/clipping into the Heresy. Turning the volume down from 100 to 70 fixed the problem, any higher and you can start to hear clipping. This has happened with 2 separate speaker amps.
I'm trying to understand why this would be, but I'm honestly stumped. The volume doesn't change, so the DAC isn't magically outputting a higher voltage. Furthermore, this only happens when the speaker amp is off. When the speaker amp is on at the same time as the Heresy, there is no clipping/distortion. I've even cracked open the splitter to check the wiring, and it checks out in there too.
Would you guys be able to help explain this phenomena to me?
Splitter goes into DAC, which splits the left and right channels into 2. One interconnect goes to the Heresy, the other goes to the Amp.
I've noticed however that doing this introduces distortion/clipping into the Heresy. Turning the volume down from 100 to 70 fixed the problem, any higher and you can start to hear clipping. This has happened with 2 separate speaker amps.
I'm trying to understand why this would be, but I'm honestly stumped. The volume doesn't change, so the DAC isn't magically outputting a higher voltage. Furthermore, this only happens when the speaker amp is off. When the speaker amp is on at the same time as the Heresy, there is no clipping/distortion. I've even cracked open the splitter to check the wiring, and it checks out in there too.
Would you guys be able to help explain this phenomena to me?