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Passives require two things to make all sound its best The CDP or DAC needs to have an output of 2V minimum. More the better. The amps input sensitivity should be less than 1mv. Cable runs should be as short as possible to amps as well. I find most passives lean in character except transformer based ones. Slage Autoformers and Promithius come to mind. Top of the heap would be Billington transformers in silver oh my !. charles
Not a problem, any BDA dac can drive a passive. Used a BDA2 TVC into a 14B with no problems. I want to try one of the Tortuga passives. It's just the sound of a passive and not a line stage you have to get use to and decide whether you like or not.
If my understanding is correct, BDA-3's manual tells not to connect the Dac to a power amplifier, as it has no volume control
No don't do that. I put the BDA2 into a TVC passive then onto the amp.
Hope to show it at the Montreal Audio Show in Marchjames
Hello James,Can you give us some information about the new CD?
With a Sony drive and the BDA-3 having the capability to play SACD material could this new spinner be able to play SACD discs?
Nope - dedicated CD player only.james
So why just CD then? Is the Sony drive unit not SACD compatible?
SCAD drives are 'clocked' at a different frequency that CD drives - I wanted a dedicated CD drive clocked appropriately.james
Hi!Dedicated CD PLAYER with inputs to serve as a DAC to other devices?
Hi James,Sound wise any differences between the new CD analog output direct to the pre compare to the BDA3 playing 44.1/16 file via the USB?Itshak
HiIt would depend on the quality of the CD Players analogue output section vs the discrete Class A analog section in the BDA-3.james
Hi James!I have a question regarding BDA-2 digital inputs. Are all of these equipped with impedance-matching transformers and galvanically isolated?Also, does USB input feature galvanic isolation?Cheers!Antun