Good to know that worked out for you guys. I was concerned there may be some voltage mismatch or improper loading for Kismet.
Im wondering if this will even be a boost to overall sound quality by taking out a lot of cicuitry.
Yes, Gene your right about the J2 dac's setting. I dont know db levels, but its a big jump from low to high.
Its been handy for my old cd player with no remote. I had to set my pre amp volume below 8:00 for normal listening volume. The dac's low setting lets me set volume to a normal 10:00 or so on pre amp.
Either way it would be temporary. When my listening room occupants leave Ill put pre amp back in service to use TT, cd player, sub. Pre amps eq functions very handy to have too with recording eqs all over the spectrum.