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In Reply to: Volume control settings posted by M3 lover on July 10, 2014 at 15:49:14:
Modern preamps or line stages typically have less gain than preamps of yore. The reason being that phono sources required more gain and the work was divided between phono and line stage.
With my last CDP, a passive attenuator arrangement yielded the best results. Most listening at high levels was achieved around -8 db (depending on recording-Telarc CDs needed a bit more) with a 4V output source. My current DAC prefers an active pre, but is set to a relatively low 12 DB of gain where the gain control lives in the 12:00 to 2:00 range which is what Audio Research recommends for optimum S/N.
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