Hi guys, I have the following combo:
Topping D30 PRO
Topping A30 PRO
Dan Clark Aeon 2 Open
I just saw the measurements here and went for it.
According to Amir's review, the amp performs best at about 75% of the mid-gain setting. After that, he measured a slight distortion, so I'm trying to keep it in the safe zone (I'm aware I'm not going to be able to hear it, it's just my OCD).
Having such a setup, I'm sometimes lacking power, as I'm also using Roon EQ (-4 dB on the output to even stuff out).
Now to the question:
D30 PRO has digital volume control. I don't know if it's ok to turn it up all the way to 0 dB without ANY compromise in terms of the sound quality.
At 0dB, I sure have more than enough juice. I'm a bit traumatized from the '90s when anything cranked to 100% was a bad thing.
The Internet generally says it's fine at 100%, but you know how it is, anybody can post and then it's just repeated.
I didn't find any data on this concrete DAC with something as distortion vs volume.
Now I'm at -10 dB tops.
Can any of you audio titans help me out here?
Kind regards,
Vaclav Hrones
Topping D30 PRO
Topping A30 PRO
Dan Clark Aeon 2 Open
I just saw the measurements here and went for it.
According to Amir's review, the amp performs best at about 75% of the mid-gain setting. After that, he measured a slight distortion, so I'm trying to keep it in the safe zone (I'm aware I'm not going to be able to hear it, it's just my OCD).
Having such a setup, I'm sometimes lacking power, as I'm also using Roon EQ (-4 dB on the output to even stuff out).
Now to the question:
D30 PRO has digital volume control. I don't know if it's ok to turn it up all the way to 0 dB without ANY compromise in terms of the sound quality.
At 0dB, I sure have more than enough juice. I'm a bit traumatized from the '90s when anything cranked to 100% was a bad thing.
The Internet generally says it's fine at 100%, but you know how it is, anybody can post and then it's just repeated.
I didn't find any data on this concrete DAC with something as distortion vs volume.
Now I'm at -10 dB tops.
Can any of you audio titans help me out here?
Kind regards,
Vaclav Hrones