Hi,
I'm a long time reader first time poster. (This forum is awesome btw) I cannot find the answer to a question I have and haven't found it on this site. Also before I ask my question I'll preface with, I've reached out to Hedd audio and asked them my question and haven't heard back yet.
I've decided purchase the HEDD MK2 TYPE 20 speakers and would like to use their built in DAC for playback. I will be using them for mixing. I will be taking the AES output of my RME AIO card and connecting to the AES inputs on the back of the speakers. The problem is volume control. I am 100% aware of the downsides of using digital volume control but would still like to use that option. The question is what piece of hardware can I use for digital volume control?
I do not need another DAC and I currently have a MIDI control surface that controls a software digital volume interface. However there's a big problem with the midi control surface. When booting your system, the midi interface does not engage until the OS has loaded. During this booting period loud pops, clicks, and cracks will come out of the speakers. I never had this problem with analog volume control, because as you know, when an analog volume is down, nothing comes out regardless.
To summarize, I do not want another DAC with a volume control, and I'd prefer not having to always make sure I my speakers are off before booting my system as I have to do with a MIDI surface controller. Also, to my knowledge, HEDD does not sell a remote volume knob to control their speakers.
Is there a high fidelity digital volume control piece of hardware that will control the volume of my speakers and will work even when my system is booting?
Hope this all made sense. Thank you in advance.
I'm a long time reader first time poster. (This forum is awesome btw) I cannot find the answer to a question I have and haven't found it on this site. Also before I ask my question I'll preface with, I've reached out to Hedd audio and asked them my question and haven't heard back yet.
I've decided purchase the HEDD MK2 TYPE 20 speakers and would like to use their built in DAC for playback. I will be using them for mixing. I will be taking the AES output of my RME AIO card and connecting to the AES inputs on the back of the speakers. The problem is volume control. I am 100% aware of the downsides of using digital volume control but would still like to use that option. The question is what piece of hardware can I use for digital volume control?
I do not need another DAC and I currently have a MIDI control surface that controls a software digital volume interface. However there's a big problem with the midi control surface. When booting your system, the midi interface does not engage until the OS has loaded. During this booting period loud pops, clicks, and cracks will come out of the speakers. I never had this problem with analog volume control, because as you know, when an analog volume is down, nothing comes out regardless.
To summarize, I do not want another DAC with a volume control, and I'd prefer not having to always make sure I my speakers are off before booting my system as I have to do with a MIDI surface controller. Also, to my knowledge, HEDD does not sell a remote volume knob to control their speakers.
Is there a high fidelity digital volume control piece of hardware that will control the volume of my speakers and will work even when my system is booting?
Hope this all made sense. Thank you in advance.
Besides, it's bulky and, most importantly, long has been discontinued. In your situation, I would pay my attention to the digital variant of the miniDSP Flex. You get room correction and digital crossover as a bonus.
