Hi WolfX-700, I've ordered a couple of these to use with a hypex amp with 1.66V input sensitivity. I'll be controlling the volume upstream with a miniDSP nanoDigi, The XLR output is roughly 8dB higher than I need to to fully drive the amp and I may want to further limit the maximum signal to 10dB or 20dB below the amp clipping point on some conditions? My question is which of the following methods would get the best performance out of this DAC and the overall system?Coming with the Sanskrit 10th AK4493 Edition, there is also an upcoming SMSL M300 MkII. It seems that there was a measurement requirement for M300 before the forum?
1) a 10 dB XLR pad between the DAC and the amp
2) Using preamp mode of the M300 mk II and setting the gain to be -10dB (do you know the gain setting for this)
3) limiting the input SPDIF signal from the miniDSP to -10dBFS
Thanks
Wayne