Directstream DAC MK 1 - Best volume setting?

[vkennedy61]

Ninety-two. You will find one zillion posts if you search for “volume 92” or “level 92”.

Understanding DS level 92 vs. 100

In the thread about modding the DS, Ted has posted about using a volume level of 92 as optimum. (The DS II won’t have the same issue). The funny thing is before reading any of this I felt if I had to lower the DS from 100, where I where I normally play it, 92 seemed to sound better than other levels. I really thought it was my imagination, as how could 92 be the magic volume number, but perhaps I’m not as deluded as I thought I was. In recently playing with 92 vs. 100, I still feel like 10…

Or you could read a post from the DAC Master himself:

Sunlight: Sound Impressions

In Redclound I added some code to help with lower level detail. The problem was that things would go south when the volume got too high. So when the volume of the music after the volume control got too high I disabled the new code and then you were essentially running Huron. (When thing quieted down it went back to the new code in Redcloud.) That change happened at about volume of 84. The Windom release used some features of the DS Sr hardware that among other things increased that number …

It’s up to @Elk if we need another topic on this subject.