Jez, The DAC2 (a) uses digital volume control in DAC mode and (b) in this mode it has 3.5db DSP headroom to cater for brick-walled recordings.
I can mimic the above by (a) using digital volume control in my Touch and setting the HDR to 'calibrated mode', bypassing the volume pot for the DAC, and (b) keeping digi volume at or lower than 93. For me, this has improved the sound subjectively. (From everything I've been able to research, it should improve the -performance- objectively, however for audibility I have no evidence to offer you like a properly controlled test.) Having said all that, I am willing to do swapsies with a DAC2 any time ... just let me know, chuckle! Darren Check it, add to it! http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A3H57URKQB8AQO/ref=cm_pdp_content_listmania/203-7606506-5721503. SB Touch ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99265 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
