# Solution find, as asked to stop thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Audio Components\ **Created:** [February 28, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/solution-find-as-asked-to-stop-thread/43792 "2026-02-28T14:36:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vieuxradio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9fc29f/32.png) [@vieuxradio](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/vieuxradio)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/solution-find-as-asked-to-stop-thread/43792/1 "2026-02-28T14:36:37Z")
Good day, Solution was found, and was asked to stop thread! thanks ---
**Author:** ![allan.thunes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@allan.thunes](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/allan.thunes)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/solution-find-as-asked-to-stop-thread/43792/2 "2026-02-28T14:58:21Z")
If I understand your question, analog input remains analog throughout. ---
**Author:** ![rohan02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@rohan02](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/rohan02)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2026, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/solution-find-as-asked-to-stop-thread/43792/4 "2026-02-28T23:04:29Z")
Most DACs with “preamp inputs” use **digital volume control** , not true analog preamps. Your TT’s phono stage is still needed to apply the RIAA curve and proper gain before digitizing. Once it’s digital, the DAC just adjusts levels digitally — convenient, but not the same as an analog preamp. ---
**Author:** ![djstix1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3e96dc/32.png) [@djstix1](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/djstix1)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/solution-find-as-asked-to-stop-thread/43792/6 "2026-03-01T15:29:26Z")
from the SGCD manual…The Stellar Gain Cell DAC (GCD) is first and foremost a full function, standalone, high-resolution Digital to Analog Converter (DAC). Couple that with its built-in class A, pure analog preamplifier, and the beauty of the GCD as the center of a high-end music system becomes clear. ---
**Author:** ![club\_pizzazz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/club_pizzazz/32/143324_2.png) [@club\_pizzazz](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/club_pizzazz)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/solution-find-as-asked-to-stop-thread/43792/7 "2026-03-01T16:56:26Z")
As a GCD owner I can assure you analog in is analog out and undergoes no digital conversion. The description page pretty clearly states that. That’s the added benefit of the GCD as opposed to the new stellar dac. ---
**Author:** ![lonson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/lonson/32/249792_2.png) [@lonson](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/lonson)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/solution-find-as-asked-to-stop-thread/43792/8 "2026-03-01T17:26:40Z")
I think the Gain Cell was a pretty neat device. I have one in the GCHA headphone amplifier and think it really makes that amplifier special. ---
**Author:** ![Craig\_Burgess](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/craig_burgess/32/258763_2.png) [@Craig\_Burgess](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Craig_Burgess)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/solution-find-as-asked-to-stop-thread/43792/9 "2026-03-01T21:08:14Z")
I really enjoyed the several years I spent with my SGCD. It was the best preamp I’d owned to that time, besting a GAS Thalia, an Apt Holman and an Adcom GFP-710. I liked its DAC a lot, too, plus it was supremely affordable. I only replaced it because the folks at PSA made me an irresistible deal on a Stellar Gold preamp and a refurbed DSD MkI together. ---
**Author:** ![djstix1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3e96dc/32.png) [@djstix1](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/djstix1)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/solution-find-as-asked-to-stop-thread/43792/12 "2026-03-04T10:15:16Z")
If you dont have a manual - it can be downloaded from the PS Audio website