Pat, I am all for the simplest path possible, and I agree with you re your comments about amps with no tone controls etc. However, I read the members post above about when he tried using his SB2 straight into a power amp he said he needed some kind of attenuation, I assume like a passive preamp.
I figured the best way for me would be to use the DAC-1 as a preamp and use the volume control on it. Although I have read elsewhere that the preamp section of the Benchmark is not very good quality and should be used as a DAC only. However I am having a cable made up and when it arrives I will try the SB2 straight in using the digital volume control and see what happens. Maybe I missed something but that was my understanding of the issue. Colin -- Colin Reilly ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colin Reilly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1089 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26241 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
