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Feeding a Creek Destiny Integrated Amp with a Grace m902 DAC Pre-Amp ?
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Hi JM,
There is some overlapping circuitry such as two volume controls, so sonics will suffer a little. The integrated amplifier only needs approx .6 volt signal but the preamplifier can be set to 0 db gain, and with two volume controls, you should not have any problems with a "super sensitive volume control" with limited range before overload.
It is always good to minimize the number of correctly designed stages, but this might work with a little loss in sonic quality. I would suggest a trial period in your own home if possible.
Hope this helps JM.
Thanks...
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