New BHK pre-amp...wow

[brett66]

I prefer setting the BHK to 53, the first step of the last volume (click) top range and use the DS for volume control. The DS has far more granular adjustment, is silent, and I feel matches up with the BHK gain best with the BHK up in it’s last but quietest volume setting

Life at 80 to 90 is great (click bait title)

I came across a random comment by Ted Smith @tedsmith on a thread last week that was another one of Ted’s gems of wisdom. He throws them out with such casualness that you’d be forgiven for passing over them. So there was a thread in which Ted made the comment (I paraphrase using my crappy memory), “try adjusting your Directstream DAC between 80 -90 on the volume and listen to how good it is”. Or something to that effect. So last Monday I tried this. Now I have a DSJ first up but since the 2 ar…