Ed Selley
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It has volume control but no remote afaikThis would have been a very good bit of machinery for use with some serious active speakers or power amps.
The lack of a volume control rather kills that. Pity.
The model it is replacing, Dacmagic Plus, can be either variable or fixed volume with a button long press I believe.
Has this been implemented here?
It has volume control but no remote afaik
sort of like the look of it, think the topping a90/d90 will be a better bet to run with my AE1 actives for my desktop, admittedly more money, but Topping seem to be knocking out of the ballpark these days & as it's just computer monitors won't miss the remote.
Ya I think it would be better with a remote. Lots of less expensive units have it I could see it being overlooked because of the ommsionAha. My bad... I meant remote control of the volume control.
One of these and a pair of Dynaudios, say, LYD 7s would be a supremely effective hifi.
But a remote volume control is necessary for almost everyone.
I found this thread via google and was interested in your comments, even though posted a couple of years ago. I bought some Focal Clear MG and decided to get amplification to support them and a Node 2i used as streamer. The much heralded Topping E30ii dac was dreadful with cutouts and popping noises plus poor usability in terms of remote and menu system. The Topping L30ii amp was better. But I’ve moved to the Dacmagic and so far so good, though it could do with a remote. I don’t really want to spend more.After buying a Focal Clear MG, and being blown away by its sound, I was look for a good integrated desktop DAC/amp solution. Preferably with minimal output impedance. This turned out to be harder than expected. There are many Chinese brands like Fiio, Topping, SMSL, Gustard, Aune, you name it, dominating this market. Some excellent value for money, quite a few with poor designs and quality issues, but the main thing is that an integrated solution with low output impedance is very hard to find.