I currently have the XLR output of the Gustard DAC going to a Buckeye amp and it works well. The way I integrated the sub is with high level (speaker wires) since I don't have a receiver with LFE output and DSP room correction and speaker volume adjustments. I have the sub crossover dialed in at about 80kHz (Speakers are KEF LS50 and the sub is KEF KC62).
What I do initially is set the sub and speakers both at 70dB using a stereo speaker setup CD. Then I use the Room EQ Wizard (REW) with a miniDSP UMIK mic for room correction and then use the convolution feature of Roon with the result.
So, it's a lot of work to do all this and I'm wondering if I'm doing this right? The DAC has simultaneous output of signal through RCA and I was thinking of routing it to the sub (although it is only 2V) instead of the high level speaker wires. I tried this before and the sub doesn't easily wake up with the lower voltage and softer volume levels and I have to turn the volume up a bit (the DAC outputs are 4Vrms for XLR and 2Vrms for RCA unbalanced).
So --- I'm wondering if I should just bite the bullet and get a receiver or is my current setup OK?
Or maybe a miniDSP would do the trick (although I am not sure what I would need for this)
What I do initially is set the sub and speakers both at 70dB using a stereo speaker setup CD. Then I use the Room EQ Wizard (REW) with a miniDSP UMIK mic for room correction and then use the convolution feature of Roon with the result.
So, it's a lot of work to do all this and I'm wondering if I'm doing this right? The DAC has simultaneous output of signal through RCA and I was thinking of routing it to the sub (although it is only 2V) instead of the high level speaker wires. I tried this before and the sub doesn't easily wake up with the lower voltage and softer volume levels and I have to turn the volume up a bit (the DAC outputs are 4Vrms for XLR and 2Vrms for RCA unbalanced).
So --- I'm wondering if I should just bite the bullet and get a receiver or is my current setup OK?
Or maybe a miniDSP would do the trick (although I am not sure what I would need for this)
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