# Understanding DS level 92 vs. 100 **URL:** \ **Category:** DACs\ **Created:** [October 15, 2021, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/understanding-ds-level-92-vs-100/25632 "2021-10-15T09:42:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![jvvita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@jvvita](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/jvvita)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/understanding-ds-level-92-vs-100/25632/2 "2021-10-15T11:42:28Z")
You can check the long discussion here > [@Life at 80 to 90 is great (click bait title)](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/life-at-80-to-90-is-great-click-bait-title/10007): > > 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… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/understanding-ds-level-92-vs-100/25632)._