Stilgoe1972
pfm Member
Indeed, nice review. It would be interesting to hear this dac .Besides the addition of the volume control and DSD capability does it sound the same as the MK1 young when used with a pre amp I wonder?
Why these new DACs with native outputs above 2VRMS? Perhaps it helps with achieving better specs but it doesn't help with effective digital volume as a DAC-pre, IME.
Vital, thanks, well obviously I missed this bit.But this one has an analogue volume that could be set to, say, match your TT level if using a pre, and if not, well, just dictates maximum SPL?
That does sound better. Analogue attenuation before the output stage is fine in my book. (By contrast output attenuators, which change output impedance, I've perceived recently not to be transparent.)Analogue domain volume control , check. Stop right there, that's a new feature, and an important one at that. The Young MK2 uses the Cirus Logic cs3318-cqz 8 channel analogue volume control. It's basically a resistor ladder volume control built on chip and offering a level of channel matching and balance that you'd struggle to achieve with any discrete resistor ladder volume control. On top of the fine level matching there's no loss of resolution, or bit reduction as you wind the volume down because the CS3318 provides attenuation in the analogue domain. There's some digital there, it's controlled by a multi-function rotary encoder visible on the front panel but that's it. This single dial gives you control over volume control and most of the features in the device menu, but as far as attenuating your volume goes it's analogue all the way, and it shows.
The Weiss dacs have a 1v option, and the MAN 301 dac's output can be set to -20dB, it is useful in setting the overall gain.
Keith
[...]Young DAC [] I'd even say it's of interest.
Ive got some of that aluminium section as well so I am going to build a matching power supply for it, looks like the new unit is exactly the same power requirements as well .
Alan
Indeed, nice review. It would be interesting to hear this dac .Besides the addition of the volume control and DSD capability does it sound the same as the MK1 young when used with a pre amp I wonder?
sq - did you try transcoding PCM to DSD? JRiver Media Center can do this on the fly.
But why to do that? SQ might get even worse than...Once it's PCM I would not change it
MathiasAlan,
the power requirements are slightly different:
http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/showthread.php?t=154211
KR
Matt