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Hroðulf

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Re: Volume control for DACs or how to get 20bits out of the Yggdrasil
« Reply #10 on: August 31, 2015, 07:47:42 PM »
Quote from: Clemmaster on August 17, 2015, 09:41:35 PM
I probably will try a LDR attenuator with the Gungnir MB. Should work fine with the F6 (100k Rin).

Stay away from LDR's - they sound shite. I'd go stepped attenuator, if your amp allows it.
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Re: Volume control for DACs or how to get 20bits out of the Yggdrasil
« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2015, 08:22:16 PM »
Quote from: madaboutaudio on August 31, 2015, 07:25:45 PM
I am beginning to wonder if adding preamp is more destructive(audio quality wise) vs purely using digital volume control.

When I have some time I'll experiment with hooking Yggy straight to my studio monitors with digital volume control. (vs going through Rag)
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Re: Volume control for DACs or how to get 20bits out of the Yggdrasil
« Reply #12 on: September 01, 2015, 10:24:18 AM »
I'm using a smd stepped attenuator chinese dact clone in a passive preamp and it sounds great.  Best I've heard my speakers play, awesome imaging etc
when my vi dac infinity gets here I plan to do some A/B comparison of it's digital volume attenuation vs my passive
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Re: Volume control for DACs or how to get 20bits out of the Yggdrasil
« Reply #13 on: September 01, 2015, 08:43:01 PM »
Quote from: Hroðulf on August 31, 2015, 07:47:42 PM
Stay away from LDR's - they sound shite. I'd go stepped attenuator, if your amp allows it.

Which one did you try?
What stepper would you recommend for a 100kR input impedance / 75R output impedance combo?
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Re: Volume control for DACs or how to get 20bits out of the Yggdrasil
« Reply #14 on: September 01, 2015, 09:15:15 PM »
My local crowd was once hooked on Lightspeed attenuators, seemed fullproof at the time. Turns out light sensitive resistors introduce considerable THD into the system.
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Re: Volume control for DACs or how to get 20bits out of the Yggdrasil
« Reply #15 on: September 01, 2015, 09:35:45 PM »
That's not what I read on the forums (or reviews, which I tend to trust less).

Hmm...
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Re: Volume control for DACs or how to get 20bits out of the Yggdrasil
« Reply #16 on: September 01, 2015, 09:50:13 PM »
Take a look here. http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/analog-line-level/80194-lightspeed-attenuator-new-passive-preamp-133.html?postid=1520215#post1520215

I know that Nelson Pass is less-than-loved in some circles, but his measurements are interesting.
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Re: Volume control for DACs or how to get 20bits out of the Yggdrasil
« Reply #17 on: September 02, 2015, 05:36:30 AM »
Using a fiddly variable resistor controlled via a fiddly light source with all sort of foibles and fluctuations and environmental flubs seems... effed up.
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