I plan on using using one of the switched outlets on the back of my pre-amp instead of fishing around in the back. I must agree though on the back certainly doesn't seem to be the best place for an on off switch.
Come on Ian, how many of us do you think will be reading that prior to power up?
First impression is that it has less gain than the -09, which is great for my application.
I'm listening to "Muddy Springs Road" by Omar and the Howlers right now, which is a good test with a strong bass, dominant organ, and crunchy blues guitar. I'm running lossless files from my Mac Mini into the optical input. Pretty good so far!
More than one of my Mac computers have power switches on the back. And those are not easily found. This one will be easier. If an old man like me with very rough fingers can find the Mac switches, this will be a cake walk seeing they are roughly the same size. (Say 7x7x3)
Hey Ian....are these coming with or without tubes?
Ever plug something 115v into 230v?, things get toasted real quick. When set to 230v and plugged into 115v it just won't work, no damage. Yes I understand some won't read anything when getting new toy , hence the 230v, which is why we asked for them to be set at 230v so that we don't have toasted new TubeDAC-09's across the ponds.
Volume control should have more low level volume range control than the 09 for most and no indents this time. We do listen
More than one of my Mac computers have power switches on the back. And those are not easily found. This one will be easier. If an old man like me with very rough fingers can find the Mac switches, this will be a cake walk seeing they are roughly the same size. (Say 7x7x3)
Hey Ian....are these coming with or without tubes? DJ8's are in short supply at my house for some reason. And I HATE buying the new versions of these tubes. Not sure what I have in the other ones listed. Have to crack open my cases to see what I have.
Received my DAC-11 and satisfied with the result. Just want to know if it's okey to hook up a powered subwoofer with one input using a Y cable to accommodate DAC's line output.
Also got mine in today. Just had a short listening session but certainly quite favorable. Instruments and singers seem to be separated more instead of being clumped together. And the tube does seem to take the edge of the digital harshness. There's also more gain than I had with my cd player; not that I needed it. One other thing I noticed is while it does help make a crappy cd sound better you can still tell it's a crappy recording.
I do have a question though; I wonder which is the preferred method of hookup? I'm using the co-ax right now but I'm wondering if the optical would be even better?
Most will use the SS (line out) outputs for the sub and the Tube outputs for the mains. Likely no problem using a Y from the Tube outputs if you want.
Cheers,
Ian
I've wanted to try but I'm worried something might happen with the DAC-11. Just in case, is it covered with warranty?