Level attenuation question, dave, pre..?

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Audio attenuation choices - u1m, dave, pre..?

Question to the group: It seems the analogue level out of the Chord DAVE is saturating the bal inputs to my pre (Classe SSP, old but good); for many albums the DAC setting on the DAVE is ok for the system - which outputs -3dB metered, which the manual says corresponds to 6V at the bal outputs - but on more modern masters, the levels saturate the analogue input stage and I get distortion/clipping. Consequently, I operate the DAVE in Pre mode which has a volume control in line, and in general I ha…

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