Don’t look now but the Drop THX 789 is back up for sale, again
It's been up for a month, for pre-order. And it's just been extended for another month.
Great opportunity to have one before end of the year.
Hopefully it ships on time on 15 Nov. I preordered t (and the SDAC-B) in July when it last reopened, and the impatience is strong
Well in a case of exceptional surprise, mine was shipped two weeks before it was set for the Aug 30th ship date (I ordered mine in the April drop). So there is hope I suppose.
Set to minimum gain on 789, as long it's still loud enough. And you can either control volume using 789 and dac. Both reserve SNR.Hey all, wondering if anyones running a 789 and RME ADI-2 DAC? As this is my first higher end DAC, I'm curious what kind of settings I should be targeting? Running Arya via balanced out on the 789, and paper to have Volume line out on auto, and am able to control volume via DAC and 789. Honestly not even sure what gain setting on 789 is ideal in my case ha. Up until now I've used fixed output voltage DACs, so this is all new to me.
And you can either control volume using 789 and dac. Both reserve SNR.
No need to worry about the volume on dac. It's all basically optimal thanks to hybrid volume control of adi2dac.Appreciate you getting back to me, so no particular volume setting on DAC on should shoot for? The 2 bars below the PEQ visualizer seem to show clipping if volume on DAC is set too high, yes? I need to dig through the manual and figure out what all this is referencing.
Yes, a bit silly to jump into the RME when I have no idea what I'm doing, but will ultimately use is as an AMP/DAC combo and use different DAC for THX for my office setup - just wanted to play around a bit
Also, manual mentions when using XLR out to a non balanced device, that the 3rd pin not be connected, as connection to ground might caused decreased THD and more power consumption. As the 789 isn't truly balanced, is this something I should concern myself with? I don't need balanced regardless, as I'm not running long lengths of interconnects - but curious none the less, as I DO have short XLR cables to toy with.
No they mean using the XLRs with unbalanced conversion cables, shorting one of the XLR connector pins.
Yes a xlr adapter cable that keeps said pin floating should work without problems something like this:The ADI-2 DAC manual specifies that pin 3 should be floated when connecting to an unbalanced input, I'm guessing because it's impedance balanced instead of servo balanced. So referring to Rane Note 110, fig 3b shows the wiring.
Manual mentions Auto Ref setting of +7dBu is equivalent to 1.73v, so I just need to not raise DACs volume too higher to prevent auto switching to the +13 setting?
Very good info, curious, how does one calculate the voltage based on ref level and volume knob level?
What’s the benefit of using auto ref with the typical consumer equipment vs running fixed?