Running DCS Vivladi DIRECT?

charles1dad
Johndoe,
It may be better to run the Vivaldi DAC straight to the power amplifier for you.

Strange how this seems to be discounted because it doesn’t meet someone else’s expectations. Very strange behavior.

Give it a rest Charles, same goes for you too, the other way round, can’t see the forest through the trees.?

Look at the heading of the thread again! And it’s not by folkfreak.

Johndoe is answering to the question by sthekepat the OP of this thread!  "Running DCS Vivladi DIRECT?"  

Cheers George

Big difference between you and I George. I can easily accept the fact that people can and will choose either approach. If someone prefers DAC direct I don’t 2nd guess their decision (why should I?) . You on the other hand are dogmatic in your opinions and display a tendency to belittle those who do not share your viewpoint or attribute it to "pleasing" coloration. As pointed out previously DACs direct to amps presents their  own inherent coloration and shortcomings, You aren’t experiencing straight wire with gain. Don’t fool yourself. These choices we discuss are "all" sonic tradeoffs.
Cheers,
Charles

By the way the OP ask for "comparisons and to elucidate the differences. This is what folkfreak did in fact do.
Charles 

By the way the OP ask for "comparisons and to elucidate the differences. This is what folkfreak did in fact do.

Well don’t jump on Johndoe’s case for doing just that, forest and trees.

You aren’t experiencing straight wire with gain.

No it’s straight wire with NO gain, even better as there's no gain circuit.

my listening levels for the tracks were between 9.5dB and 14dB cut on the DAC

I'd try the 0.2V output setting on the Vivaldi if you attenuated between 9.5dB and 14dB; this way you'd be able to run the volume control to max, with no more than 5dB of attenuation.